How to Control Downy Mildew on Cucumbers?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- I will try to tackle Downy Mildew on my Cucumbers with a few different methods... The follow up to this video will be included in my next garden tour.
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My cucumbers are just starting to have this issue so your video was perfect timing!
Hi Jessica!
If you try it, let me know if it works for you if you would. Don't forget to spray a test area a day before spraying all your vines. Jessica, as always, thank you for watching/supporting and commenting too!
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
Great video! Thanks for the recipe! I was super nervous to use neem oil until I watched an organic gardener do it. Knowing how much you hate chemicals too makes me even more at ease. ☺️
Would love to have seen some of the pruning process though too. I’m a nervous pruner because I don’t want to kill the plant or lose production. Still trying to learn the ins and outs of that skill.
Thanks for the mildew tutorial and for sharing your knowledge, Mark! Blessings! 🙏🏻🙌🏻💞
Hi Tina!
Thank you! Glad you found it useful. It's my pleasure to share. Tina, thank you for watching/supporting and commenting as well!
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
Think I have the pruning process down it's just not paying attention and all of sudden you've cut half your cucumber plant to the ground :( lol
Thanks Mark! I live in Nashville and our humidity ain’t no joke! I’ve noticed some mildew damage, and I’ll attempt your method.
Hi Guy!
I've never been in your neck of the woods, but it is horribly humid here as well. A very hot/humid summer for the most part so far. Guy, don't forget to spray a test area a day ahead to make sure it doesn't cause any issues. Also, spray in the early am as well when you spray the entire plants. If you would, let me know how it works for you. I'd appreciate that very much. Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too!
Best,
-Mark
Nothing like starting my Sunday morning with TWO Mark's Garden Life videos! :-) Thanks for the details on the mixture you're using. I didn't think of adding the dish detergent as a surfactant when spraying for powdery mildew, though I have done that when spraying herbicide on poison ivy. Another great video!
Hey Scott!
Starting your Sunday with me! lol That could be good or bad! lol Glad you enjoyed the videos.
Thanks for watching as always!
Best,
-Mark
Next Sunday I'm starting a new segment! The nude gardener with Mark! lol
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Good afternoon Mark,another lovely day but the nights are still very muggie.lm having problems with cucumbers this year and many others.lm putting it down to high humidity,even though lve kept the plants well trimmed for air flow.We tend to use the same solution as you have in this video and seems to work very well...thank Goodness.l also grow the pickling varieties there 👍 great and grow Dill which l absolutely love with cucumbers and they keep for months,the longer the better 😋 llm really looking forward to seeing cook/pickling and exchange recipes.Bet your mother has some fantastic recipes,l love sweetcorn and looking for a good original relish/pickling recipe.l have not taken any photos yet as it's been touch and go this growing season.Oh what the heck 😒 Mark another video has just came in a 75lb rat,must check this out now.All the very best 🌱🌱🌱💕🇬🇧
Hi Joyce!
We have had some muggie nights here too. Thank god for air-conditioning! I'm glad to hear you have had good luck with the neem oil solution. Another viewer told me when neem oil doesn't work try Mancozeb a copper based product approved for organic gardening and he said that works every time which is good to hear. I'm going to experiment with that also. I love dill with the cucumbers too. I make a cold salad with cucumbers, dill and onions.
Do you do dill pickles? If so, would you share your recipe with me?
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
Mark, this spurs the next question...... should I take that same Neem oil mixture (just like you made up) and start spraying my tomatoes and peppers NOW before I see any blight? If so, how often should I spray them? i suppose it is okay that the fruit gets wet with the solution?? and finally, will this solution kill the bees???
Hi Roy!
This is all new to me also, so I hate to give you advice that may be incorrect. I'm going to do some experimentation and see now it works. Read some of the comments also as to what they have had success with. I am going to experiment with that as well. If you experiment as well, let me know how your results were if you would.
Thanks,
-Mark
Fingers crossed that it works 🤞
Hey AP!
Hopefully it does!
-Mark
Neat video. I'm dealing with POWDERY mildew here. We too are very humid. My bee balm gets it first. Then my coneflowers and similar vegetation. Haven't noticed it on my actual crops yet, since I really scaled back this year and am not growing any squash. Those usually get hammered hard by it as well.
Do you have a recommendation for the POWDERY mildew?
Hi Jen!
Thank you! Bee Balm is always problematic with powdery mildew. One of my comments suggested a copper based compound approved for organic gardening called Mancozeb. You may want to research that. He said it worked every time.
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 Thanks!! I have copper fungicide. I will check the label to see if that will work.
I had huge problems with mildew this year. My zucchine got decimated no matter what I was doing to stop it. Between mildew and heavy storms we have experienced I could not keep up Yesterday just lost a cucumber plant due to mildew or some sorbet of fungi and spraying it did not help either. Now I have 2 cucumber plant left and they are getting infected with mildew, will try this mix you are using. Than I can only hope for the best. 🙏
Do you dissolve/let the garden tone sit in the water so that it gets to the roots of the plant faster? I never thought to do that!
Hi Michael!
Yes
Best,
-Mark
Wow! I have two cucumber plants and I have to think about what to do with all of the fruit!! I love your videos buddy!! Thank you for taking us on your journey!!
Battling this right now...Thank you for the tips....I sprayed 1 to 1 hydrogen peroxide to water and it seemed to slow the powdery mildew down & 1/4 to 3/4 for pouring on the roots for the downy - didn't notice a difference but I only did it once...I am getting down to stems 4 feet down on alot of my plants - cucumbers are still growing seemingly unphased but I did replant close by new transplants grown from seed and the same downy/powdery mildew happened to them as well....discouraging but learning lesson nonetheless - Thanks Mark
Hey HWJ!
Thanks for the HP formula. I think I may experiment with that too. The tips......your very welcome! If you try what I did, let me know how it worked. Thanks for watching/commenting!
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
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Hi Winston!
lol...yes, it pretty much does take a lot of my days up! But I love every minute of it and how many people can say they love what they do? Think positive thoughts and it helps! Sharing my knowledge/experiences........Winston, truly, it is all my pleasure! Thank you for watching/supporting and commenting as well!
You take care,
-Mark
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Thank you Winston!
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Great for sharing video very good cucumber brother I support your channel thank you so much
Hi Li!
It's my pleasure! Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting as well!
Best,
-Mark
DAMN!!!! I just lost my entire pickle crop a whole month early due to this very issue!! I swear, one day it is fine with just a spot here and there and within 7 days the entire freaking trellis had it!!! I am so kicking myself in the butt for NOT proactively doing what you are telling us here. And what makes me so damn mad is that I KNEW BETTER that i had to apply fungicide and only did it once haphazardly. UUUGGGHHHHH
Hey Roy!
It doesn't take long for that to ravish the vines, does it! I'll make another video in the next week letting you guys know if I had any success with it.
Thanks,
-Mark
I use Neem Oil if, like you, my plants are young and still producing. If Neem doesn't do the trick, I upgrade to Mancozeb, which is naturally occurring copper and approved for organic gardening. It does the trick every time 😁 Great video! I'm really enjoying your videos.
Hi Bishop!
Thank you so much for the advice. I will give that a try.
Best,
-Mark
My experience is that bush cucumbers get mildew fast and this is in California. I think it's due to genetics and the structure of the plant. Japanese cucumbers like Tasty Green and Suyo seem less prone to mildew (not resistant) because I think the spacing of the leaves allow for more air flow. I've never had very good success with spraying and I've tried everything. The best control, in my opinion, is pruning as soon as you see disease. When I had the space, I replanted cucumbers every 4 weeks.
Hi Douglas!
Thanks for your very good advice. I am about to sow another group of them.
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
Looks like the roots of the vines are close to the raised bed lumber. What type of lumber are you using? Pine, Fir, pressure treated?
I somehow managed to kill all of my house plants after many years then moved to Phoenix. The sad loss was my Tan Hua
Hi John,
You just caught me taking a hour trying to play catch up with comments. I just took Holly swimming in the river. Really hot here today. Tan Hua.....A beautiful flower.
John, you have a great week!
Best, -Mark
I found tea tree oil pretty good against mildew on my grapes.
Once again Mark, thanks for the tips! Mark I found these red bugs all over my lilies which were eaten up, they look at first like lady bugs, but they were slightly elongated and perhaps a tinge oranger, any ideas.
Hi Guy!
How are you this warm summer evening? Tips......It's my pleasure. Let me think on the bugs and get back with you tomorrow. If you can send me a picture to my web site, that would be a big help. What state? Guy, thank you for watching/supporting and commenting as well!
Best,
-Mark
I believe you have lily leaf beetle. It's the larvae that do the damage; they will completely decimate your lilies. Disgusting larvae cover themselves with excrement 🤨 Google lily leaf beetle
@@dc0145a I was wondering the same thing...
Timely video. I don't have downy mildew just yet; but it's inevitable. Usually on my cucumbers, summer squash and zucchini.
Hi NH!
Yes, it is inevitable! I'm going to experiment with different suggestions I received in the comments and see what works best. I think it's worth a shot! Thanks for watching/commenting!
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
I used a diluted milk and water solution on a pumpkin plant that already had powdery mildew on it when I planted it out. I pruned the most affected leaves and sprayed the rest of the plant. It was like 50/50 milk to water and it stopped the mildew dead in its tracks. I used it again as a preventative when I planted out my own pumpkins and they are doing really well with no mildew. I also poured the excess solution around the roots. Don't know if this would work for downy mildew but it sure does great on the powdery variety - I always get it.
Hi Joseph!
I appreciate the formula. I'll give it a try! Thank you! Thanks for watching/commenting too.
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
I use Biosafe Zeroltol or sanidate for all fungal and blight issues. It’s a special peroxide formula. Works incredible on my watermelon plants. We run sanidate through center pivot irrigation to fight blight and mold on kidney beans and soybeans.
Hi Daniel!
Thanks so much for the advice of what you use. I appreciate that very much! Thanks for watching!
Best,
-Mark
Hey Mark!
Thank you for this video, i have had the same if not worse in my cucumbers also in zucchinis and in tomatoes too, i just usually take of the infected leaf/ branches and hope it gets better and sometimes it does, but i will try this method in the next season planting so thank you again.
Yesterday i did a lot of pruning and cleaning up as the season is almost over here and the weather will start to warm up very soon now, this week our temperatures is on the rise and will be hinting the 70 degree's two day this week which is very early for us, but in Australia you can get a very cold winter or a warm winter every year is different.
Give a pat to holly 🐕 for me and much love to you and all involved in your farm. 😃
Gabriel
Hey Gabriel!
You're very welcome! I'd prefer the warm winters! lol Holly...I will! Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too!
Best,
-Mark
Another timely video with great advice. I am experiencing a similar problem. I will apply this solution.
Hi Lonnie!
It's the 1st time I've tried this, so hopefully it is successful. I don't want to use a chemical solution, so this is the next best thing. Let me know if it works for you. Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting as well!
Best,
-Mark
Interesting information. Looking forward to seeing if it worked for you.
Hi Tracey!
I'll let you know if it does. Cross your fingers! lol Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too!
Have a great Sunday!
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
Lots for my head to store,
Learning a lot
Thank you for the teaching Sir
Hi John!
I'm glad you are getting some helpful information out of it. Thanks for watching!
Best,
-Mark
Thank you!!! Very informative. I am having this issue as well. First time ever having this issue
Hi Joe!
Hopefully it works! If you give it a try, let me know how it works for you if you would. Don't forget to do a test spray area the day before! Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too!
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 I sure will thank you
Also, dude I need those overalls!
Hey CS!
lol You like them do you! Thanks for watching!
Happy Gardening!
-Mark
Good stuff!
Hi Steven!
Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!
Best, -Mark
Great video. My Peony plants go through powdery mildew issues every year.
Hi David!
That's typical of peonies and of course, the downside of raising them. I really think peonies are incredible, but always plant them in an area that isn't someplace I have to look at them all summer when they don't look to good. Thanks for watching/commenting!
David, you have a great week!
Best, -Mark
Thank you Mark! Great info…
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Hi Raquel!
Thanks!
Best,
-Mark
Mark! You are so knowledgeable and a very good presenter. I wish more UA-camr were like you.
Hi WJS!
You're to kind! I definitely don't know it all, but I am always learning and willing to learn too! Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting as well! You have no idea how much I appreciate that! Spread the word of the channel if you would.
Best,
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 you got it. I definitely share as much as I can.
Thank you!