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Powdery mildew on cucurbits

11 years ago

Last year I tried growing cucumbers and lost most due to powdery mildew before it got hot enough to retard its spread. However with the AZ heat the cucumbers that grew were bitter so I decided not to grow any more cucumbers. This year, I am growing squash from seed I started in March. In early April I planted them outside and a few of them started showing signs of powdery mildew so I sprayed them with Neem oil extract and that seemed to eliminate that problem. However I did not continue with the weekly spraying (didn't read all the directions). This was not a problem when the temperatures were high a few weeks ago. However, yesterday, after a few cooler days and nights, I noticed that the powdery mildew has come back with a vengeance. My problem is that the squash are a LOT bigger now and I'm not that thrilled with the idea of using so much Neem oil extract on plants that are currently producing. I don't really have that much of a problem with insects - just the powdery mildew - so I was wondering if there was an organic fungicide more specific to powdery mildew that I could try. Any recommendations from an Organic gardening point of view?

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