if youre ever satuck without peroxide, these are some handy household items to keep around
Natural Remedies
These solutions can be found around the house and are safe for leaves and branches.
Baking soda: one teaspoon per gallon of water
Spray solution on your leaves and buds. Check the next day, then spray twice on second day,wait one day if still around repeat
Apple Cider Vinegar: 2-3 teaspoons per gallon of water
Spray solution on your infected leaves. Check the next day, then spray twice on second day,wait one day if still around repeat
Milk mix 1 part milk to 3 – 5 parts water
Spray solution on your leaves and buds. Check the next day, then spray twice on second day,wait one day if still around repeat
I have not tried the milk natural remedy. But I have heard from other growers this method works well in the first stages.
One grower has reported he tried a milk solution and was successful.
Mix 400 ml milk to 600 ml water.
Leave the solution in a container in the Sun for about an hour. Then spray your plants
(Check out the comments for the science behind it.)
Hydrogen Peroxide for mildew: Use 1 tablespoon per gallon
Spray solution on your leaves and buds. Check the next day, then spray twice on the second day,wait one day if still around, repeat.
If you have moldy bud use hydrogen peroxide water bath to wash it off.
Potassium bicarbonate which is like baking soda but is much stronger. It will kill the powdery mildew spores very quickly.
Once the outbreak is beyond manageable with natural remedies. Then it means you must immediately move on to tested organic, safe foliar sprays to save your garden.
Natural Organic Products
Neem Oil a natural and organic oil that comes from a neem tree in India.
It’s great for removing powdery mildew.
Neem oil also has additional benefits of being an insecticide. You can also use it to kill insects in your cannabis crop.
Four teaspoons per gallon of water.
Green Cure Fungicide is for organic production and is made up of a Potassium bicarbonate that stops and prevents powdery mildew.
It’s also beneficial for all other fungus infection on your plants.
Green Cure has been tested in over 200 universities and is registered with the EPA
Safergro Mildew Cure is natural fungicide that is safe for organic food production and long lasting to control and prevent powdery mildew.
Banish the name says it all. This will literally banish any powdery mildew on your plants.
What’s really cool about his stuff is it works at the
root of the fungicide.
Banish also creates a
layer over the infected leaf . To prevent mildew colonies from germinating on contact with other leaves or plants.
This fungicide goes through a micronization process meaning it’s oils are shrunk down to 1 micron.
So Banish can really get at the mildew in its simplest form. You can use this funcide for treatment or even prevention.
Safe for all fruits and vegetables and also cannabis. Banish is made of all natural material it will also bio degrade from your plants and leaves over time as well.
Note : Banish is only available in the United States currently !
