{"id":4850,"date":"2014-08-14T02:49:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T09:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4850"},"modified":"2014-08-13T05:24:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T12:24:57","slug":"tips-to-avoid-mildew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/tips-to-avoid-mildew\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Avoid Mildew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3518\/3939887389_9fa32b5e21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>White dusty fungus on your plant leaves may be Mildew. Each species is susceptible to it&#8217;s own Mildew and either powdery or downy mildew it is still a pain.<br \/>\nSome plants suffer more than others and with some varieties it is seasonal. Michaelmas Daisies and Phlox seem to suffer late in the year whilst Gooseberries can suffer in spring.<br \/>\nBrassicas, Marrows, Cucumbers, Sweet Peas and even Potatoes can suffer badly.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tips to Avoid Mildew<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy plants that have been bred to be mildew resistant. This is well worthwhile when selecting roses.<\/li>\n<li>Do not let plants get stressed particularly through lack of water. Mulch your roses after a good rain and keep the mulch topped up and give them plenty of water.<\/li>\n<li>Allow air to circulate around plants by careful pruning. Mildew thrives in a humid, still atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li>Prune out affected parts and do not compost affected leaves. Spray badly affected plants before winter to try stop spores over wintering.<\/li>\n<li>Do not over use a nitrogen fertiliser that will encourage sappy growth which is prone to attack.<\/li>\n<li>If moderate powdery mildew is present plant-based oils such as neem oil and jojoba oil can be used to reduce or eliminate the infection.<\/li>\n<li>Chemical treatment is controlled on edible plants but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B001VEJCV2\/richardpettin-21\">Rose Clear 3<\/a> and Systhane Fungus Fighter are good fungicide products but read the label.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B001VEJCV2\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B001VEJCV2.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mildew 2011 update<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The dry spring and early summer has kept mildew down to a minimum in my garden this year &#8211; so far at least.<\/li>\n<li>The Flowering Currants and Honesty Lunaria annua are the only plants with signs of mildew and they are not worth treating with chemicals.<\/li>\n<li>Since <strong>mildew is plant specific<\/strong> I do not worry about composting old leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/gardeners-mildew\/\">Gardener&#8217;s Mildew Cures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avoiding fungal disease is better than cure and this is very true of mildew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pests-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}