Dandaweedman

Powdery Mildew, Fungus Infections

The best spray we have found to control these types of diseases is a spray of half milk, half water. It seems that milk has natural disease fighters that can kill mold and mildew. This can be cow milk, or goat milk, but should be diluted. Pasteurized milk may not be as effective.



This post and the next 2 posts taken from Maximum Yield Magazine

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Soap Spray For Killing Insects

A soap spray will often kill most soft bodied insects such as aphids and white fly larvae. It can kill adults too if they receive a full direct spray.

Make a soap spray from a dishwashing soap, such as Sunlight, Dr. Bonner?s Soap, or Castille hand soap.
A tablespoon of soap concentrate is mixed with a liter (two cups) of water and sprayed on the insects.
Spray undersides of infected leaves where the eggs or larvae might be hiding.

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Garlic Spray (preventative measure)

Garlic spray is used with a spray bottle, and applied over the leaves of the plants.
The residue usually lasts about a week, but if the plants are outside and exposed to heavy rainfall the garlic spray could be reapplied.

Garlic spray is made by grinding or mashing about 30 cloves of garlic.
These are placed in a glass container and covered with boiling water.
The container is then covered and kept for about five days. This makes the garlic concentrate.

A spray is made by adding three tablespoons of the garlic mix per half liter of water (pint). This is then sprayed on the garden plants.

There are several other sprays made to prevent insects,
but garlic seems to be the most effective, and it can be easily grown in the garden.

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Prevention

In commercial gardens, a yellow sticky card is used as a trap for white fly and some other flying insects.
The yellow attracts the insect looking for blossoms, and then the sticky substance traps them.

Yellow Cards
Make a large yellow card, usually at least one square foot and often even larger.
This wood and plastic construction is then smeared with motor oil to catch the insects.
The cards are placed throughout the garden, especially on the edges.

Blue Cards

We also make a similar card of blue plastic to attack other insects, such as thrips.
Thrips are very small black insects that fly into your garden.
If you have an infected area, they can be found by placing a white piece of paper under a plant and shaking it to remove insects.
Tiny black spots are probably thrips. Blue cards placed in the garden should control them.

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pepper vinegar keeps bugs away from plants