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Definitely trying it on courgettes next year. You are not going to hurt the plants. On grapes, melons, cukes, squash, peas, beets, spinach, tomatos. Humidity and warm weather escalate thier growth. I know this sounds silly, but I'm afraid to spray cold substances on my plants...but afraid not to refrigerate in fear of milk souring.....thanks for answering what is probably a silly question...but I'm very new...like beginner new to gardening...lol", "Mandy, it's best to mix up only as much as you need, because milk will go sour and the mixture will get too gunky to go through the sprayer. ", "kaolin clay is the same as the white chalky part of kaopectate (the other principal ingredient is pectin). Since then, numerous small studies from around the world have validated the use of milk sprays on powdery mildew on a wide range of plants. Also any one having problems with over watered plants. ", "Aged milk will be fine as long as it has not clotted, which will clog up a sprayer. It's a protein in the milk that does it, so some grape growers even use whey, the watery by-product from cheese-making. Lots of times when I am having any problems in my gardens, milk is a miracle! Has anybody heard of this? There is no consensus on which dilution of milk to water is best, with the most concentrated recommended mixture 40% milk and 60% water, and the most dilute 10% milk and 90% water. I'm going to try the milk mixture spray and add some baking soda to it. Major peas. Good luck with your recovery. Anybody know if milk discourages downy mildew. At my house the choice is organic milk. My question is when to apply it- I've read other places that doing it when it's too sunny could damage the leaves, and that it should be applied early in the morning or in the evening. Scientists are not exactly sure how milk sprays work, but most think proteins in the milk interact with sun to create a brief antiseptic effect. Thanks. It is relatively new in America, but old as life in the world. I, too, am eager to know if the dry milk will work, as I don't ordinarily have liquid milk around. by Arzeena Hamir . Consider growing butternut winter squash, which is naturally resistant to squash vine borers. Vinegar – it is very effective in killing powdery mildew because of the acetic acid in apple cider vinegar. Read up on 3% Peroxcide. lemonfair, did you try? ", "Yes, milk works. The page should be working correctly for you but we've had a couple of people report this in the past month and are trying to work out what might cause it. ", "After reading this article I went home and tried the milk spray on my plants. The reasoning behind this is the "friendly" bacteria have a head start on the plant and then outcompete any bad ones. However, they should not be used simultaneously. I have baby cucumber plants showed signs of some kind of icky fungus or what ever. And Sam - so sad about your hailstorm. However, that doesn't mean you have to use chemicals. In your research, begin by checking with plant pathologists in AU for the correct species name, probably Phytophthera or Pythium, and its specific plant association. ; however, the buds turned brown and the leaves haven't opened up and grown anymore. Like other fungicides, milk sprays work best when used preventatively, before the disease can gain a foothold. ", "Green thumb - which browser are you using? What can I do to help it prosper? This website can be a took for similar folks. One of my community gardeners got some downy mildew on a cuke. I mean really gone. ", "Yes, just do a search on Cushaw Squash Plants to look at a few images and you will see that the silver streaks/spots on the leaves is just how they look.I just goggled Tromboncino squash and it looks like they do too. Some experts advise spraying the plants in bright sunlight because it's believed that interaction with sunlight is what gives the solution its antifungal properties. It looks very different from the dull fuzzy patches of powdery mildew. It is extremely difficult for me to have drip systems on everything.PM is a very big problem. ", "If it's the protein that's effective I wonder if soy milk would work? ", "Good stuff...Another couple of ideas to stop Powdery Mildew are to use chives chopped up and steeped in water then prayed onto the plants. They are everywhere! will try on plants outdoor like the winter squash Thank You! ", "Good information. Home remedies for powdery mildew - As warm, dry weather settles in this month, be alert for the development of powdery mildew on crops. ", "Karen, the spores of powdery mildew and all the downy Mildews are simply in the air. It is inexpensive compared to milk. Corn. Giving them 5 gallons a day!. what the best time of the day to spray? I have your similar problem sometimes starting cuttings of grapes, or on new growth buds on fruit trees. The fact it's a fungicide and will help prevent powdery mildew on the cukes is a bonus. My Squash should start blooming maybe in a week or two. My cucumbers are up and should be putting out vines by next week. By December here in California mountains 3200 feet elevation, it is all over. ", "This is the first year without powdery mildrew on my cucumbers but what I did different this year is leave the two vents to the greenhouse open day and night once the frosts had gone. I don't know that milk has been tried on this strain of powdery mildew, but it could be worth a try. Raw butter too. water. For the infected plants, powdery mildew cripples its ability to conduct photosynthesis by blocking out light, and stops up the leaf's gas exchange system, too. My ancestors come from Poland. University of Vermont Website, Marie Iannotti is an author, photographer, and speaker with 27 years of experience as a Cornell Cooperative Extension Horticulture Educator and Master Gardener. ", "Am very surprised that soy milk worked, as it isn't in fact milk. ", "YC, downy mildew is very different from powdery mildew. ", "Bangle. I had the problem on my last computer and just got a new one. Most experts advise using a mixture with a 40/60 ratio of milk to water. ", "Robert, a rounded leaf with silver variegation is usually a C. moschata such as 'Black Futsu'. I knew I had mildew because the leaves were actually turning a whitish/blue over the entire leaf. They have to climb a mountain to get it and carry it down in buckets on their shoulders. I've replanted cukes, and I find the late crop is really susceptible because powdery mildew has by now overtaken the squashes. But I plan to buy a gallon of some cheap milk as my husband needs the lactose free which is much more expensive. ", "One neighbor commented that they also powder the egg shells and put them at the base of all their plants in the garden and tha reduces the disease.