Another Rosemary travail.........mine has begun to grow white fuzzy stuff on the new growth. I've never seen such a thing. Anyone else? It's not mealy bugs.....thankfully. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Furry Rosemary
Looks like powdery mildew to me. There are various treatments, but anything you could do (fan, etc) to increase air circulation would be helpful... Is this plant potted up insid for the winter?
Thank you, thank you, critter:) Further research proves you to be absolutely on the mark! I'm off to do battle.
Buck, how's that rosemary plant looking?
Well, it's still getting powdery mildew. The outbreaks have subsided, though. They get planty of light and air circulation. Cutting out the infection and then tipping the plant on its side for a shower in the sink after the puning has helped a bit too.
Fortunately, it hasn't spread and the plant that is infected just has to make it through well enough to get back outside for the summer because we use it for cooking; not so much for show.
Thanks for checking up!
Now if I could just vanquis those blasted mites. Think atomics might work?
Milk, Milk, Milk, is all I can say, whole milk, straight from the cow or goat is best, if not whole milk from grocery store, spray through a sprayer till it's gone, Works fantastic, on all mildew for me. Natural too.
I'm glad it's doing better! As with my citrus trees that get scale every year (I can beat it back some but can't really call it controlled), as long as the plant survives until it can go back outside, it will be fine.
I haven't tried milk for PM on indoor plants... isn't there an odor, or do you rinse the plant off in the sink a couple of days after treatment?
I've not used it on indoor plant,s and never smelled an odor on the outside plants.
This is sounding familiar... I think we've discussed this before, but I don't remember if anyone ever posted about spraying milk on indoor plants... I've used it outside with no problem, but I assumed that dew, rain, etc took enough of it off to avoid getting a spoiled-milk smell on the plants... since it doesn't (usually) rain in my house, I'm a little hesitant to try it, although a good rinse under the faucet would probably take care of any odor that did arise.
What is about milk that works? A change in the ph?