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This seems to be a real problem but I haven't heard anyone with a solution. I've tried the dishsoap, baking soda and water solution. I added bleach the second time, I even resorted to cutting the shrub back to the ground. Is there a specific commercial fungicide that really works?
Plants: 2 | From: Austin Tx | Registered: Jun 2003
| Seeded: 216.40.209.236
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Arlene, Welcome Aboard The Garden Helpers Forum!!! We have a great bunch of gardeners, very nice and helpful people, and great to chat with. We all hope you'll stick around to get to know the them!! And share your gardening knowledge, stories and questions and information.... I personally don't know anything about the crepe mrytle (though I've heard they are very pretty) and I personally don't know anything about the chemical spray's (I don't use them, I have little ones) But what I do know that if you use compost tea water as a spray on your plants, the benefits are awesome. I'm not a chemist or anything, but I've read that the compost tea is quite "powerful" in combating foliar diseases and utilizes more nutrients available to the plant to correct it'self.. and rid it's self of toxins. I use it on like powdery mildew on my begonia's....... And it goes away in a short period of time. Of course we have been getting an unbelievable amount of water ie; rain, and it's hard to combat it when it continues to overwhelm them. Have you had alot of rain, or humid or soil damp???? Do you have access to any compost??? Just take the compost, steep it in some cheese cloth tied up with some string (like a tea bag) into a bucket of water, for two or three or four days. Lift out the bag of compost and throw that on your plants, or back in the pile or mulch with it, plenty of good qualities left for your plants to still use. Put the liquid compost tea water into a spray bottle and do a foliar spray to the plants leaves. You may need to do this, a few times, but watch the progress. That should help!!! How long has the crepe mrytle had the powdery mildew???
Some one else may be able to give you a commercial fungicide, but I'm the organic girl here, stick around, someone my offer up another solution.........
Hope this info helps!!!!! Please let us know the outcome of your crepe myrtle. We love to hear the outcome......... Weezie
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Arlene, looks the like baking soda/water spray solution (2 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in 1 gal of water) didn't work for you. Have you experimented with a home made spray (made) from the combination of onions, garlic,and hot peppers? Steep these in 2 teaspoon of vegetable oil, then mix with 2 teaspoon of dishwashing soap and dilute in (one) 1 gal of water.
Or you can use commercially available fungicides. Please check the link below for more info.
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Arlene, Here's a quick site that gives you some info on a different variety of the spray's. Try them, as see which is effective for you.. http://www.thechileman.com/orgdisease.html
Papito, I was just looking this up, ironic you should post.... Have you used any of the different sprays? Just wondering what your personal fav was?? Lot's of good info on that site!!!
I try to use home made sprays whenever it is practical to do so. I try to experiment with different products available in the house. Like any experiment, it is hit or miss. Last year I even used pet shampoo mixed with water to combat Brown Scales that attacked our plums and apple trees. It worked, no more Brown scales; but I won't recommend it to others for the simple reason that it hasn't been tested or used by other gardeners.
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