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[mike engle <speigletown@hotmail.com>]

Growing grapes, and I noticed some downy mildew on some of my grapes. maybe 
40% of my vines had at least one spot(Steuben and St. Pepin) and nearly all 
my entire row of LaCrosse. (Joy of joy, I got some apple trees grafted and 
I'm keeping them in a patio as they start, and my Cellini apple tree has a 
few circular spots on two of the leaves.)

   I was wondering if anyone has ever tried the "magic mildew control tonic" 
in Jerry Baker's "Giant Book of Garden Solutions"

4 tbsp of baking soda
2 tbsp of Murphy's Oil Soap
1 gal of warm water

curious to know if it is something that works decently, or if it is pure bunk.


mike engle
Troy, NY - zone 5