As a rule I sow curcubits sucessionally to beat this. I am on first batch-still in greenhouse-and courgettes showing powdery mildew 3-4 of 8 leaves and i'm slightly suspect about a couple of Japanese cucumbers. I planted out 1 of each variety of courgette 10 days ago at lottie but couldn't go today and check them to see. (annoying but I could reasonably discard others and replant if those are ok.) The cukes were expensive seed though. Hessayon suggests carbendazim-no longer available to me.
I dropped in at the garden centre to be told I could use Bayer's systemic 'fungus fighter' containing myclobuteril. the mix your own bottle said you could use on some fruit but I plumped for the ready mix -same ingredient (against all my anti-chemical instincts). I got this stuff home and it says 'do not use on foodcrops.'
Actually 'dropped in' belies the inconveinence -plus the expense. I'm pretty fed up- can I use this stuff? or is there something else I could try? or a green and groovy alternative?
I dropped in at the garden centre to be told I could use Bayer's systemic 'fungus fighter' containing myclobuteril. the mix your own bottle said you could use on some fruit but I plumped for the ready mix -same ingredient (against all my anti-chemical instincts). I got this stuff home and it says 'do not use on foodcrops.'
Actually 'dropped in' belies the inconveinence -plus the expense. I'm pretty fed up- can I use this stuff? or is there something else I could try? or a green and groovy alternative?
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