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Thursday, September 10, 2009 Doug14 Minnesota([email protected])

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I've noticed for awhile, minor signs of powdery mildew on my A.G. plants. I checked them yesterday, and the mildew is getting progressively worse. The 603.5 Muller plant is heavily affected by it. The 364.1 Andrews and 641 Andrews are light to moderately affected. Being I don't use chemical insecticides and fungicides, I decided to spray the plants with Garlic Barrier. I haven't used it for many weeks. I've read garlic has antifungal properties, so I'm hoping it with lessen the spread of the powdery mildew. I've never had much of a problem with powdery mildew on my A.G. plants before, that I can recall.
About 5 or 6 days ago, I noticed a secondary vine on the 641 Andrews plant that had yellowing leaves on the last 6' of it. I cut it off about 1-2' past the yellowing, and I haven't noticed any more yellowing so far, thankfully.
I plan on attending the Delano weighoff on Sept. 27. A little over two weeks left to try and keep the plants healthy.
 



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