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Peas & powdery mildew
Womble54
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in Fruit & veg
I've had a reasonable crop of sugar snap peas, but the plants have become badly affected with powdery mildew & have stopped growing & flowering, so I've pulled them up.
I'be got a batch of young pea plants ready to plant out for a late crop but the only space I have for them is the same spot where I pulled up the infected peas.
Is there any point planting them out or will they just get infected with mildew?
Is there anything I can do to prevent this batch or future year'a crops getting infected?
Any advice would be great. Thanks
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It's hard to say if they'll also get infected.
The mildew spores are in the air anyway, but you'll have an extra lot around due to your previous crop.
If you can enrich the soil first and keep them watered as needed you may get away with it.
Mildew strikes when there's a weakness in the plant. Usually caused by a period of under watering, but can also be brought on in some plants by big temperature swings - so even with the best of care, there's nothing we can do about the weather.
If you can keep your plants strong and healthy you're in a with a good chance.
Give it a go and keep everything crossed
A seaweed extract drench every week or so is a good tonic
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Thanks Pete. I'll give it a try. Wh
Thanks Pete. I'll give it a try.
The new pea plants are looking good so far. No flowers yet but no sign of mildew.
Sadly the tomatoes are showing early signs of blight. Probably inevitable with all this wet weather recently. I've cut out any affected foliage. They're looking a bit naked now. Lots of fruit on them still, hoping fit some sun so they'll ripen up before the blight really sets in. Or it'll be another batch of green tomatoe chutney.
Good luck with the peas.
I've had 4 alerts from Blightwatch over the past couple of weeks.
The jet stream seems to think it's winter and apart from a brief respite around friday, the jet stream looks likely to remain south of the UK for the time being, so more of the same sadly.
Hope summer's not over already
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.