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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 -- 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
... 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 (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") 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 The effective fungicides have been withdrawn.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 ... "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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Mildew on curcurbits
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
... "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. -- 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 ... "David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... "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. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
... 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. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "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. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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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...
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