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True Blue Farmgirl
541 Posts
Tina
Watkinsville
GA
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 Posted - Jun 09 2009 : 07:43:39 AM
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Good Morning Ladies,
I just came in from the garden and my squash plants have white looking stuff on their leaves. Does anyone know what this is? What I can do about it. The plants themselves look healthy and they are producing. I am stumped.
Puzzled,
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abigailc1973
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
abigail
orlando
fl
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2009 : 11:13:36 AM
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| Hi, Tina. Could it be powdery mildew? I've gotten that on my cucumbers and squash down here, especially when it's been humid and wet. I tried the homemade soap spray with a little baking soda in it and seemed to take care of it. I think it's a gallon of water mixed with 1 tbsp of baking soda and a 1/2 tsp of baby shampoo or mild soap, nothing antibacterial or highly fragranced. I don't put the oil in as some suggest because even if I spray it in the a.m. it still seems to burn leaves. I think it's just too hot down here to use the oil. I could probably use it in the winter here, but then I usually don't have a mildew problem. I also learned to water in the morning so the leaves can dry by nightfall. Hope this helps. |
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Especially For You
True Blue Farmgirl
541 Posts
Tina
Watkinsville
GA
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Posted - Jun 09 2009 : 12:10:37 PM
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Thanks Abigail I will try that.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 10 2009 : 05:45:59 AM
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I am so glad there are such smart farmgirl sisters here that have such good ideas! I have learned so much by reading these posts here and will try alot of these remedies. I hate using chemicals and will try anything that is homemade.
I am glad Abigail was able to help you, Tina. Very good advice.
Kris
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 3:53:18 PM
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Here's a funny story about "squash". When I was fairly , newly married, Many moons ago. I planted my first veggy garden. Well I wanted to have plenty of everything, and all the excess I would can. I planted "4", 100 foot rows of squash, I love squash, what i did not know yet was that "squash" grows so well and fast here, before I knew it, I had 100's of squash every couple of days. Well I couldn't waste it, so I would drive to all my neighbors places and drop off squash, their porches, mailboxes, yes I gave it to the mailman also, community center, soup kitchen , sheriffs dept, senior center, schools, any where I could think of. After a few weeks of doing this, I started noticeing locked gates, closed curtains, nasty notes, and nasty suggestions of where to put my squash, but, the worst was when a deputy showed up and told me if he got one more complaint about my squash, "HE WOULD ARREST ME". So i learned the hard way, that 2 to 4 plants, is usually more than enough, LOL.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Especially For You
True Blue Farmgirl
541 Posts
Tina
Watkinsville
GA
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Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 4:47:27 PM
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Teresa, I am ROFL my head off. i can just pictur you. Of cource my mind goes on and you have a trench coat on dropping squash off at drop sites.lol Or maybe you were Santa, "Have you been a good litttle girl this year, here Santa has some nice squash for you!!"lol oh my, anyway good story.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 5:09:12 PM
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I think I am probably going to have the same problem, Teresa. I just picked a huge basket of squash and zuc. And I won't go to the farmer's market til next Wed. So I think I will take it to someone who needs it like a nursing home or community kitchen.
Kris
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sonshine4u
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April
New Prague
MN
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 2:14:13 PM
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LOL!!! My mom told me a similar story and she said she felt like she was never going to see an end to it! It was when they were first married and my dad had planted a garden for them and they just couldn't keep up with the amount of zucchini he had planted...the neighbors were the recipients of this treasure whether they wanted it or not! I planted just two plants with that in mind!
Playing in the Sonshine
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