Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Use Milk as fungicide and get rid of fungus infection the natural way


You have to use the right green house tools to safeguard your vegetable and fruit plants so that they are not infected by fungus and other micro organisms. If the plants are attacked by fungus and do not take care of them they may be completely destroyed. There are many types of conventional fungicides containing chemicals. But you can use ordinary milk as a fungicide for getting good results. It is not yet clear how milk is able to fight against fungus. But most of those researching on this topic believe that the potassium phosphate present in the milk is able to enhance the levels of immunity in the plant.
Instead of using solutions of soap and oil or that of baking soda you can use milk to fight the spreading of fungus if you want to do farming the organic way. Do not forget to use pruners and loppers or other types of garden handtools to get rid of the heavily damaged leaves from the plants and then start applying milk solution on them. You have to prepare the milk in the right concentrations and apply it following the right schedules so that it is effective in controlling the fungus. Also select the best green house tools to get better results in your fungus removal efforts.
The age of the plant, the level of infection and the type of the plants are some of the main factors that decide the strength and frequency of the application of the milk solution. Never apply milk to your plants before using your loppers to clean your plants of heavily damaged plant parts. The milk solution you use on your plants may be undiluted or it may be diluted up to 1:9 parts as per the severity of the fungus infection. For best results you have to repeat the application at least up to 3 or 4 days to completely get rid of the fungus on your plants.
All types of milk can be used as fungicide and among them use of skimmed milk is more effective than the whole milk. The milk reconstituted from milk powder is also equally effective in completely doing away with the fungal infection.  Milk is very effective in controlling powdery mildew in Squash plants. You can use milk for controlling fungus attack in Begonias, Rudebekia etc. It can be used for curing Botrytis on your Cyclamen houseplant but you must use your pruners to completely remove the leaves that have been damaged by fungus.
You can also milk as a good fungicide for getting rid of the black spots and green rust disease in rose plants. Use good loppers to prune more damaged leaves and branches and you can use your gardening hand tools to win your fight against the fungus infections. This is the right way to use milk as one of the green house tools to completely remove all types of fungus on your plants in the most natural way.


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