fdd's starting early ----- Outdoor '08

Looking good my friend , Looking good ....

i know they spray sulphur in the vineyards, i'm not sure how they go about it though. it may come as a powder that you mix with water and spray. i'll have to do some research. this really sucks.

How about thinning out some of the canopy and leaf cover while you're at it? Let's some more transpiration occur without moisture buildup.

Hey, got milk..? Using Milk to Control Powdery Mildew | Garden Pest Tip

fdd2blk said:

i was just crawling around thru my garden. i have powdery mildew everywhere. i have no idea what to do except cry. i've been keeping the ground wet underneath everything to try to keep the cat from shitting in my trenches. i think that caused it. i will let the ground dry out and not spray the surrounding ares anymore. i don't think my moist green lawn is helping either. i'll go cry now.

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Fuck I hate that stuff. I've lost many squash and watermelon to it. I didn't find something that successfully treated it - the plants were toast before I could do anything. You can physically remove it at first

I wouldn't blame yourself. It just shows up sometimes.

Seamaiden said:

How about thinning out some of the canopy and leaf cover while you're at it? Let's some more transpiration occur without moisture buildup.

Hey, got milk..? Using Milk to Control Powdery Mildew | Garden Pest Tip

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ceestyle said:

Fuck I hate that stuff. I've lost many squash and watermelon to it. I didn't find something that successfully treated it - the plants were toast before I could do anything. You can physically remove it at first

I wouldn't blame yourself. It just shows up sometimes.

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Hey, guys! I can find more if'n ya like. I have a friend who's a master gardener, and her mom's even more masterful a gardener than she.

Seamaiden said:

Hey, guys! I can find more if'n ya like. I have a friend who's a master gardener, and her mom's even more masterful a gardener than she.

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I would be very interested.

Good luck fdd!!

when it Started with mine, I just let them dry out, and set them out in the wind, picked off most of the mildew leaves, and vwalla no mildew.

It appears that starting at a 10% dilution ratio, for cow's milk (fat content not mentioned in any articles I can find directly) is the way to start, and appears to have significant efficacy with a few different bugs. (wow!) Spider mites are among those affected by milk applications.
Science News / A Dairy Solution To Mildew Woes
http://www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au/prog_garden.php
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/particip.rtf
Wow, search NewScientist (the online pub), Google gives up an assload of hits.

Fdd I got a solution. Wouldnt be too much work either. Im also sure you can get what you need to do it.

Ok when the sun goes down cover everything with a big tarp or plastic or whatever. Shit you could even do just sections at a time if you dont have a big enough tarp or enough plastic. but anyways get a sulphur burner and Place it under the tarp or plastic with the plants and just let it go for a bit. Im really stoned/hungover so I have no idea how much sense I just made. Im sure you get what im saying though...you somehow always do hahahaha.

*watching and waiting* Damn, now I'm I feel anxious

Vineyard literature on PM: Strategies to Control Powdery Mildew | Practical Winery & Vineyard Magazine

Skip to the very end for conclusions.

The bottom line is that there are phosphate-based treatments that are essentially organic that are good to eradicate the existing fungus, and sulfur is only effective as a preventative agent.

how do you even grow weed that huge like... it's like a fucking bush. a huge massive bud bush.

i can't use anything that will kill bugs. i have pirate bugs that i need and if i spray anything that kills bugs it will hurt them. i can't hurt the pirate bugs.



i have gone behind everything and thinned out all the trumpet vines. they were blocking airflow. i now have a nice breeze blowing thru the back. i will STOP water the surrounding area. i went thru and removed all the dead leaves. basically just gonna clean things up and let them dry out and see what happens. if i had them in pots i could just spread them out. they got too thick and bushy.

I'm sure you will, but keep a close eye on them. PM spreads fast.

ceestyle said:

I'm sure you will, but keep a close eye on them. PM spreads fast.

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i'm gonna buy a big jug of zero tolerance, just in case. i met ed today.

what do the pirate bugs eat?

fdd2blk said:

i'm gonna buy a big jug of zero tolerance, just in case. i met ed today.

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awesome. how did you make that happen? i'm reading about that "beta version" treatment right now ....

ceestyle said:

what do the pirate bugs eat?

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they eat everything and it's eggs. they have a proboscis that stick into the eggs and larvae of the bad bugs and suck the juices out.







i do like they direction you sent me in though. i will look into the vineyard supply place tomorrow as well.