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    Hi all, My cucumber leaves are covered in white which i assume is some kind of mildew. I ran a search and found that bicarb had been suggested for courgettes. Could it work for cucs do you think and if so what are the quantities. please help, i just found blight on my toms and have dug up and thrown away about 5 plants with the most huge toms on them-I'm gutted! Also, can i try to ripen the other toms and is there anything that might help?
    Thanks
    Raine

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    Hi Raine,
    I am always sorry to hear of others hard work devastated by disease but all my not be lost with your cucs. You should try potassium bicarbonate, used a a spray (approx 3/4 oz per gallon water) at regular intervals (weekly). Be warned though this may end up scorching the leaves.
    As for your green tomatoes just put them in a paper bag with a ripe banana and that should do the trick. Or if you have loads....just hang ripe bananas in the greenhouse and that will set of the reaction neeed to ripen tomatos on the plants.

    Good luck!
    Geordie

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      I woulnd't worry too much about green tomatoes at the moment, they have plenty of season in which to ripen. I don't tend to try anything fancy for another month yet. Mine were slow starting this year but now they're blushing like nothing on earth.

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      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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