Bordeaux Mix

[greenlung]

It was very humid & damp here recently and I had to cut down half of my remaining potato plants yesterday as they were quite blighted ; (

[rogesse]

I checked the link - way,way,way over my head.

I put them in the ground, then dig them up,

I'll go away now.....

[taff]

Bordeaux mixture

I really am not happy about using this but I'd be even less happy if my tomatoes got blight. Again.

Does or has anyone used it,if so, got any specifics about spraying etc.
It's more of fact finding mission before I make a decision so I'm justafter some opinions formpeople who have used it or know someone who has and what kind of results it gave.

[taff]

oops, would someone mind deleting this please, I've just found the one in 'new shoots'
LOL!!!
Dimwittedness strikes again!!!
And again,thanks TS

Actually, no,can you leave it in case someone has used it please?

sorry......

[Tomatoking]

Taff if your looking!

I used it last year after blight spread from my potatoes to my polytunnel toms.

I tried just removing the affected leaves at first on the toms, it was rampant.
In the end I sprayed, and it stopped it spreading. I then took out the really bad plants.
I also painted the mixture onto some really badly affected stems, which also helped, and limped my crop through to the end of the season.

So if there is any sign of blight, get a preventative spray on, as it will stop a lot of the infection.

Mr TK

[Nicos]

Just merged the two threads!

[Welsh Wizard]

It's just p*ssed down all day here and has been super humid (95%) and mild (24 hr minimum 11.5C). I suspect that the first risky Smith period may be occurring in my locale. I have the Bordeaux mixture, and will apply in a day or two with a recycled surface cleaner spray bottle once the weather brightens up and the tomato leaves dry out. It worked out well last year.

[baggyman]

Is Bordeaux mixture the same as dithane? If not does it have a brand name because I've never come across it in the shops.

[FionaH]

Is Bordeaux mixture the same as dithane? If not does it have a brand name because I've never come across it in the shops.

You can use Dithane in the same way as Bordeaux mix

[SarzWix]

It's generally just known as 'Copper Fungicide' I think. The name 'Bordeaux Mixture' comes from it being used on wine grapes, I think.

Personally, I won't/don't use it - it's known to be harmful to both honey-bees and earthworms, and isn't fantastic for humans either (in the course of spraying, because of course we don't eat potato foliage ). I'm just experimenting with all the different blight resistant potatoes instead - we tried 2 types of Sarpo last year, and they didn't show any signs of blight, although my Desiree copped it in the next bed. This year we're trying Setanta as well.

[taff]

I was reading about it, and read all the nasties about it not breaking down in soil etc, so I thought it was a possibility to keep any of the tomatoes I really want to save in pots, spray them, then either distribute whats left in the pots over all the beds, or put it in the compost and spread it that way, or build up the back to a bed somewhere with it.

[ChocClare]

Not to hijack this thread AT ALL but is Bordeaux mixture what you're supposed to spray for peach leaf curl? My almond tree and my peach AND my nectarine are all showing signs of curliness, and I have some dithane (which I think is the same) in the shed, but I'm pretty sure it says to spray in the Autumn or in February, and it do be too late for that. Plus, if it's true that it affects honey bees then I can't spray it at all, as we have four hives in the garden and my old man would kill me.

In other words (having hijacked anyway), does anyone know what to do about my peach/almond trees that doesn't possibly involve decimating the apiary?