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El Rabano
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Milk Fed Pumpkins?
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May 01, 2011, 23:37:02 »
I've read about this, has anyone tried it?
Results vs effort?
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plainleaf
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Posts: 578
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May 01, 2011, 23:46:27 »
it is pure BS no benefit at all
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tonybloke
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Gorleston 0n sea, Norfolk
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May 02, 2011, 10:06:06 »
milk is pretty toxic to most plants! try it and see, ' water' one of your favourite houseplants with diluted milk, see what happens.
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You couldn't make it up!
slyfox-mal
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May 02, 2011, 18:47:21 »
feeding milk is a complete nonsense however useing milk correctly for treating against powdery mildew is another matter i have used it the last couple of years as a foliar spray by useing very low fat milk ie 1% fat milk diluted in water at 10 to 1 mix 1 part milk to ten parts water seemed to be very good i did a control with marrows and pumpkins and the plant i didnt do the spray to got pm much worse than the plants i did use it on regards mal
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The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
pete JB
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May 02, 2011, 20:07:21 »
Agree with Mal and the other guys. Complete rubbish. The same goes for beer. Save your beer and drink it instead !
Pete.
ps, I have tried the same method as Mal for the control of powdery mildew. It works !
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El Rabano
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May 02, 2011, 20:22:24 »
Thanks for the feedback guys.
As far as the Powdery Mildew cure; I'll try that this year as this good weather surly cannot last!
Thanks again,
Mike
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Robert_Brenchley
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May 04, 2011, 20:20:09 »
Drink the beer, or the milk (if you can face the stuff; I can't), then water the plants with the end product.
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Sinbad7
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June 29, 2011, 23:26:19 »
Sounds a bit drastic that one Robert, BUT does it work????
Someone told me beer, which I was hoping to cheat with ;D ;D ;D
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Robert_Brenchley
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July 02, 2011, 19:44:13 »
It's got lots of nitrogen so it'll certainly make them grow!
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Birmingham UK
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antipodes
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W. France, 5m x 20m (900 ft2)
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July 25, 2011, 10:13:39 »
I am treating powdery mildew with diluted milk, so far it is not prgressing so it seems to work. A local told me that it also works in preventing various mildews in potatoes and tomatoes...
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