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tim

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« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2004, 20:48:49 »
So, it's organic? And what would the cost be to cover, say, 250' of brassicas??

Yes, calomel was great - when you could get it - & before thoughts of survival entered the equation. = Tim
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« Reply #21 on: August 07, 2004, 03:15:43 »
About as organic as DDT, Tim.
The article in The Garden implied that baking soda was efficacious on some other fungi besides powdery mildew. So I thought I would see if it would prevent my tomatoes getting blight. If this is anything to go by:
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:Fg0-T-Wlw8oJ:www.omri.org/Potassium_bicarbonate_crops.pdf++%22potassium+bicarbonate%22&hl=en
I'm not wasting my time (sorry it's not cached), if it will just stop raining!
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tim

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« Reply #22 on: August 07, 2004, 05:53:37 »
Thanks, John.  I've now got to go out & spray my lovely & rapidly growing caulis which are being savaged by caterpillars. With Dipel. = Tim
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