mildewy mould on cucumbers

soul619

with all the rain i have noticed this mildew on my cucs, its to so long for thwm to start to grow too

how can i get rid of it? i have no room left in my greenhouse either

Farway

soul619 wrote: »

with all the rain i have noticed this mildew on my cucs, its to so long for thwm to start to grow too

how can i get rid of it? i have no room left in my greenhouse either

Pick of the affected leaves

Lack of air circulation is one cause, you state no room in greenhouse, could explain lack of circulation

GarnetLady

I was just about to start a thread about this lol.

I noticed this on my 2 plants when I was in the greenhouse today -



That's the main stem, so I can't remove it obviously.



There's been spots on some of the leaves for about a week, have removed some but I can't keep doing it or the plant will be bald!



I removed this from the plant. One of the tendril had also gone funny and had affected the cuc it had wrapped itself around (which you can just see).

Is there anything I can use to treat them? Don't fancy losing both my plants, esp. when they're producing so well.

soul619

Farway wrote: »

Pick of the affected leaves

Lack of air circulation is one cause, you state no room in greenhouse, could explain lack of circulation

i meant there is no room in the greenhouse to shelter them from all the rain

mcgrow

soul619 wrote:

how can i get rid of it? i have no room left in my greenhouse either

GarnetLady wrote: »

Is there anything I can use to treat them? Don't fancy losing both my plants, esp. when they're producing so well.

Spray the affected area with a water based solution containing between 10 and 30% milk. Make sure not to put too little milk in, otherwise it won't work, and too much will make the problem worse. The milk solution kills the Powdery Mildew and fertilises the leaves.

soul619

mcgrow wrote: »

Spray the affected area with a water based solution containing between 10 and 30% milk. Make sure not to put too little milk in, otherwise it won't work, and too much will make the problem worse. The milk solution kills the Powdery Mildew and fertilises the leaves.

oooh i shall try that thank you