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it before the buds and blossom started to appear. Some of the new growth is already showing signs of going reddish brown. Should I cut any of this growth back? Please could someone suggest a remedy? Many thanks,Poppy'sMumPS. What is Bordeaux mixture? Hi

it work? I've dug a few of the spuds up and theres no tubers or anything just roots. Any help much appreciated. Steve Bordeaux mixture - a blend of copper sulphate and hydrated lime - is an age-old treatment for blight. Like all such treatments, it

featuring myclobutanil during spring and summer will help control the spread of the disease. Bordeaux mixture can also be applied after fruit harvest and during leaf fall.apples, pears, rowan, beech, ash, other broad-leaved treesspring, summer, autumn

the base of trees with garden compost to maintain general health, and water well in dry summer weather. Avoid over-feeding with nitrogen fertiliser.Spray the whole tree or bush with Bordeaux mixture during late January and repeat two weeks later to kill

, pushed well into each bag for watering into. Water plants daily and generously. Use Bordeaux mixture as a preventative measure against blight. Use the compost for melons next year. buckwheat/all- As a complete newbie to growing spuds I am wondering

potatoes in it last year. I have sprayed them twice with Bordeaux Mixture, and there's very little sign of blight yet despite the weather - less than in previous years when I was careful to rotate the crops. This year's potatoes, which are in blight

've had similar results this year too, but with Gardeners Delight. I'm now speculating whether my last resort spray with Bordeaux Mixture was just in the nick of time to help part of the plants to survive, or whether the Gardeners' Delight has somehow

mixture for the blight. Follow the usage instructions on the pkt. I had blight bad last year, growing in bags, this year the wind took most of my haulms before it set in so (crossed fingers), and a drench of bordeaux, will put it right. Our potatos were

against blight: you can use either Bordeaux Mixture (but not for much longer) or Dithane. BM clings to the leaves quite well even after rain. If you see the first signs of tomato blight, pick off the affected leaves and spray the rest - there's a good

Hi Adam, my back garden is north facing and on the western side I have some ivy growing on a fence panel my question to you is why does it not produce flowers and later on berries? Sorry I meant to also say that I live in Weymouth Dorset and the ivy as far as I can tell is of the...