C00KiE46
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Getting rid of powdery mildew

I have a bad case of PM. I have been using the milk mixture every other day with 3 parts milk and 7 parts water. I have heard about copper several times in the forums. Will I see better results? and is that organic? I have also read about neem. Which will give me better results?

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rainbowgardener
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The milk works better preventatively or at the first sign of infection. It doesn't work very well against advanced case.

Other things to try are baking soda solution:

baking soda solution:
1 tablespoon of baking soda
½ teaspoon of liquid soap
1 gallon of water

Be sure the soap is soap, not detergent (dishwashing liquid is detergent), which can harm your plants.

Or 3% hydrogen peroxide from drugstore, sprayed straight from the bottle without diluting (test it on a couple leaves first to be sure it doesn't burn your plant).

Alternating different solutions works better than sticking with the same one all the time.

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^^^ I have dish washing liquid so that is out of the question. I do have have dr. bonner's castile soap but it states "18-in-1 hemp peppermint" will that be ok?

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Yep!

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Ok I sprayed some leaves and some vines. I'm crossing my fingers :-()



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