If petunias appeared powdery mildew - how to deal with this scourge?
When it seems that the leaves petunias priporoshit flour, which means that they were amazed disease under the name of powdery mildew.
This occurs most often from improper care: too frequent watering, fertilizing nitrogen excess thickened landings.
Diseased plants treated with antifungal drugs, as well as successfully used for this folk remedies.
It will show up as soon as the first signs of the disease, the affected mildew plants should be isolated from healthy neighbors.
This is especially easy to do if petunia is grown in individual pots. Then cut off the affected parts, which are subsequently destroyed.
Petunias, and the ground beneath them are sprayed with a fungicide. Bushes growing in pots need to be transplanted into a new substrate. Small plants can immerse themselves in an antifungal solution.
Petunias grown in the garden, after sprinkled irrigation wood ash layer.
Chemicals used for spraying petunias:
bluestone
Agent is used as follows:
· 1 in a bucket of water were dissolved 50 grams of the formulation;
· Means of sprayed petunia (1 time per season, in the spring).
fundazol
The solution was prepared as follows:
* 10 grams of the preparation is poured into a bucket of water;
· Suspension is stirred, it is sprayed with the affected bushes.
Tsvetovody preferring organic farming successfully used folk remedies for getting rid of mildew.
Most Popular Recipes:
On the basis of serum
To prepare a solution of 1 liter of whey must be dissolved in 1 bucket of water. The resulting substance is sprayed with diseased plants.
The preparation proceeds as follows: serum from exposure to the leaves and branches of the formed film which prevents air penetration to the mycelium.
Soap and ash solution
its preparation algorithm is as follows:
· 1 kg of wood ashes are poured into a bucket of hot water;
· Infused for 1 week under continuous stirring;
· On the 7th day the solution was carefully drained (no precipitate), it is added 10 grams of soap;
· Substance is mixed, poured into a spray bottle, spray the plant it.
garlic tincture
The therapeutic agent is prepared as follows:
· 5-6 crushed garlic cloves, filled with 1 liter of water;
· Means infused during the day, strain, used for spraying petunias.
Growing petunias should take into account that disease prevention is better than cure.
Therefore, proper care as well as preventive spraying of antifungal drugs to prevent the emergence in the bushes mildew.