Mildew on curcurbits
 

My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped out
by mildew.
The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.

Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.

Cheers

Dave R

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No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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Mildew on curcurbits
 

"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped
out by mildew.
The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.

Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.

Cheers

Changing the subject completely David, was your field the one hit by the
little sods this week?

--
Kathy

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On 1 Sep, 20:17, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:
My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped out
by mildew.
The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.

Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.

Cheers

Dave R

--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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(")_(")

If it's that bad, no I would say. You need different varieties next
year.
The effective fungicides have been withdrawn. I expect they were
poisoning us all.

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"Kathy McIntosh" wrote in message
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
...
My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped
out by mildew.
The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.

Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.

Cheers

Changing the subject completely David, was your field the one hit by the
little sods this week?


Not aware of anything - do you have a URL?

--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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(='.'=)
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On 2010-09-01, David WE Roberts wrote:
My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped out
by mildew.
The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.

Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.

Probably not. But watering the foliage with dilute milk seems to keep the
mildew at bay. I've not needed it this year, but in previous years it does
seem to have worked. 10% solution seems to be generally advised - google
brings up quite a bit on it.


Cheers

Dave R

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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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"Kathy McIntosh" wrote in message
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
...
My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped
out by mildew.
The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.

Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.

Cheers

Changing the subject completely David, was your field the one hit by the
little sods this week?


Not aware of anything - do you have a URL?


'Fraid not. I refer you to Wednesday's Evening Star and a story about the
Cemetery Field allotments in Langley Ave.

--
Kathy

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X-posted to uk.d-i-y purely because some of the allotment gardeners seem to
be using angle grinders. ;-)


"Kathy McIntosh" wrote in message
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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"Kathy McIntosh" wrote in message
...
"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
...
My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally
wiped out by mildew.
The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.

Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.

Cheers

Changing the subject completely David, was your field the one hit by the
little sods this week?


Not aware of anything - do you have a URL?


'Fraid not. I refer you to Wednesday's Evening Star and a story about the
Cemetery Field allotments in Langley Ave.


http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/he...mpage_1_617594

Fortunately not where my allotment is.
I am at cow pastures.

--
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[Not even bunny]

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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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X-posted to uk.d-i-y purely because some of the allotment gardeners seem
to be using angle grinders. ;-)

Yeah, I wondered about that as well. Then I thought about some of the weeds
on our plot and it all began to make sense :-}

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/he...mpage_1_617594

Fortunately not where my allotment is.
I am at cow pastures.


--
Kathy

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"David WE Roberts" wrote ...

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/he...mpage_1_617594

Fortunately not where my allotment is.
I am at cow pastures.

That is sheds yet again being broken into.
Better off without one. A towing bracket on the car and a little trailer is
all that's needed and you can also use that to collect manure and take
rubbish down the tip. It would probably work out about the same price as a
small shed too.
You could also invest in an old Landrover Defender like me but that is a
much more expensive (and fraught) alternative.
One of our allotment holders has 5 allotment and no shed, he uses a trailer
and keeps all his tools and everything at home.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

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"David WE Roberts" wrote ...

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/he...mpage_1_617594

Fortunately not where my allotment is.
I am at cow pastures.

That is sheds yet again being broken into.
Better off without one. A towing bracket on the car and a little trailer
is all that's needed and you can also use that to collect manure and take
rubbish down the tip. It would probably work out about the same price as a
small shed too.
You could also invest in an old Landrover Defender like me but that is a
much more expensive (and fraught) alternative.
One of our allotment holders has 5 allotment and no shed, he uses a
trailer and keeps all his tools and everything at home.


However it is nice to be able to walk or cycle to the allotment.

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No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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If you have a car that is ...

When I had an allotment there were occasions when we had to get there by bus, and the regulations about taking garden forks by bus were quite amazing...