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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: George on June 22, 2007, 17:31:35

Title: Mildew On Top Of The Soil ?
Post by: George on June 22, 2007, 17:31:35
Hello All
One or two of my pots in the greenhouse have a patch of a powdery substance on the soil, when I water it puffs up like a whiff of smoke.
the plants in the greenhouse seem not to be affected by anything.
Do I need to sort it
regards George
Title: Re: Mildew On Top Of The Soil ?
Post by: Palustris on June 22, 2007, 17:39:24
Yes. Empty the greenhouse, burn every plant, sterilise the g/house with pure bleach. Grow nothing in it for 5 years.!
Title: Re: Mildew On Top Of The Soil ?
Post by: Deb P on June 22, 2007, 17:46:41
Quote from: Palustris on June 22, 2007, 17:39:24
Yes. Empty the greenhouse, burn every plant, sterilise the g/house with pure bleach. Grow nothing in it for 5 years.!


Hmmm, on the other hand it could be just a collection of salts from where you have been watering with tap water and nothing to worry about............
Title: Re: Mildew On Top Of The Soil ?
Post by: George on June 22, 2007, 18:03:50
Blimey Palustris , that sounds a bit excessive, are you winding me up?

regards
Title: Re: Mildew On Top Of The Soil ?
Post by: davyw1 on June 22, 2007, 18:49:55
I think you may find that its the salts and minerals coming to the surface of your compost. its more common in cheap compost but nothing to worry about
Title: Re: Mildew On Top Of The Soil ?
Post by: Palustris on June 22, 2007, 20:21:58
Quote from: George on June 22, 2007, 18:03:50
Blimey Palustris , that sounds a bit excessive, are you winding me up?

regards
Now would I do that?
Title: Re: Mildew On Top Of The Soil ?
Post by: Si on June 23, 2007, 15:43:04
It's just a fungi ;D No harm to anything, probably.
Title: Re: Mildew On Top Of The Soil ?
Post by: Kepouros on June 24, 2007, 23:08:22
Sounds like a fungus but I`ve no idea which. It wouldn`t do any harm to water all the affected pots with Cheshunt Compound, just in case.