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Tx

ok, I'm gonna use the milk solution you all suggested for my plant, they say something about 10% milk, now does that mean 1/10 milk to one gallon and how do I measure that? dummy here..lol. seriously though I haven't a clue, how to measure that. so help pleas....

7/28/2007 5:59:25 PM

Tx

oh, and also, now will I be spraying for PM and feeding the plant also, can I do both on the same day??? what should be the schedule????????????? Feed one day and spray for bugs the next???

7/28/2007 6:00:55 PM

Minnesota

I think I know, if you had a hundred empty gallons, you would fill 10 of those 100 filled with milk, that would be 10% I think,,,,thank you, cough cough

7/28/2007 7:05:10 PM

Cottage Grove, MN

Ly,

Just put a 1/4 cup (or more up to a 1/2 or so) of milk to a gallon and spray. It's milk after all, not all that toxic. It does work for PM, thought the 'guys' were pulling my leg last week, but it works.

7/28/2007 8:11:49 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

1 gallon is 128 ounces, so 1/10 would be (approx) 12.8 ounces of milk and then the rest water to make a gallon...the pros have said it is both preventative and curative. Hope this helps. Peace, Wayne

7/28/2007 9:34:56 PM

I like to use about 8oz per 4 Oreo's,,sometimes I make that 6 Oreo's,, depends on my mood.

7/28/2007 9:52:05 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Last year I'd buy a single pint bottle (those pastic ones) from the nighborhood deli, pour it in the sprayer & top it off with water to the 1 gallon line. I was 3 oz heavy but the plants didn't care. The real beauty was the fact that I was able to spray it at any time of day & never burned the plants. Even when it was 90! That was really important since the gate keepers leave the school every day at 3:30PM. Stinking unions.

7/28/2007 11:48:58 PM

Tx

thank you, thank you. I have done the deed, now to see what happens next... oh by the way I also cut many many leaves with the white spots off and threw them in a plastic bag, now my plant looks like something attacked it. am skeptical as to it's health today, maybe it's my imagination but seems babies looking not so good...have lots of new leaves starting to grow is this normal, I look at the pics of all those beautiful pumpkin patches and my leaves are small compared to them. if plant gets healthy leaves will improve right????

7/29/2007 1:34:43 AM

Buffalo, New York

are you guys saying to use regular milk and mix it with regular water to feed the plants?

if so, maybe i should try this.

7/29/2007 5:12:45 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

We are not feeding...we are preventing powdery mildew.

7/29/2007 10:23:25 AM

Buffalo, New York

gotcha, i believe i had that on my zuccini plants that i had near my pumpkin plant, eventually i had to pull the plants out though due to the pumpkin plant taking over the area.

thanks again.

jr

7/29/2007 10:42:40 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Ditto Shannon. Milk does NOTHING to feed the plant. That is an old wives tale that I was afraid might be resurrected now that we know it controls Powdery Mildew. LOL

7/29/2007 6:33:48 PM

Roanoke Il

use skim milk or dehydrated milk the fat is not good for the plants or the soil skim has the same effect...mark

7/29/2007 8:30:08 PM

Windsor Maine

hmm?..<looking in the fridge>makes me wonder? if,..how,.. the wife's diluted soy-milk might work.. anyone try that?

7/31/2007 8:56:27 AM