Keep
your plants healthy by checking them daily for powdery mildew. If
you note a white powdery substance on any part of your plant then
know this is a sign of fungus and it is best to treat your plants,
soil, and all plants that are in the same garden location
Make
a soap treatment for the powdery mildew, here is a list of ingredients.
1-cup baking soda
4
drops of unscented dishwashing liquid
2-quart
tepid water
Mix
all of these ingredients in your garden sprayer. Stir well to
make sure everything is blended. Then using a pump garden sprayer
treat the plant foliage for powdery mildew fungus. For an even spray
stand 8 to 10 inches away and spray the plant and soil.
Spray
all parts of the plant with solution. Treat all plants that are
susceptible to powdery mildew.
Continue
to watch foliage for powdery mildew. Repeat treatment as needed.
Another fungicide for your garden beds that are close to an area that is infected with powdery mildew or black spot is sulfur dust used as a garden spray treatment.
Mix
8 tablespoons of the sulfur dust with a gallon of water. Put water
and sulfur mixture in a gallon size yard and garden sprayer.
Then
in the morning before the heat of the day, spray your plants and the
soil in the garden, saturate the garden area with the sulfur formula, and
leave it set for 20 minutes. Then with your garden hose rinse away
the sulfur so that it does not harm your plants when the sun comes out.
If
interested in the sulfur dust treatment for powdery mildew you can buy
it a walmart.com Look for the brand Bonide sulfur dust fungicide.
Here is a video that will show you what powdery mildew looks like. Learn how to prevent by reading this article Ways to Prevent Powdery Mildew
