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Stewed Garlic as an anti-fungal treatment for Plants (Guest post from Chris Beardshaw)

Last post 07-06-2006 3:40 PM by VickyB. 11 replies.

• 16/12/2004 12:21 PM

  admin Location: Joined on: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 160

  Reply | Contact "My top science tip for successful gardening is to stew garlic (Allium sativum), or wild garlic (Allium ursinum), in water and mist the liquid onto your plants to keep fungal complaints like mildew and black-spot at bay. This process is successful as Allium species are naturally high in sulphur; an element that is known to combat fungi." [i] Posted on Behalf of Chris Beardshaw.[/i]

• 18/12/2004 01:32 PM	In reply to
  ken69 Location: Norfolk UK Joined on: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 405	Reply | Contact Brilliant..Aint nature wunnerful.I regularly use rhubarb mixture as insecticide too, and washing up liquid diluted for aphids.Glad the EU banned so much toxic stuff.

• 18/12/2004 04:01 PM	In reply to
  P Stick Location: North Wales Joined on: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 86	Reply | Contact Surely the smell is a bit offputting to be used seriously; roses amelling of garlic? Chris is having a larf.......... P Stick

• 20/12/2004 01:59 PM	In reply to
  Jak Location: East Sussex Coast Joined on: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 159	Reply | Contact Companion planting Alliums, such as Chives amongst Roses is supposed to help prevent Black Spot. Jak

• 20/12/2004 05:27 PM	In reply to
  P Stick Location: North Wales Joined on: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 86	Reply | Contact Hi Jak - I think you have said it when you use the word prevent as I have found that it is as much as you can hope for. The CB method would not improve the scent in MHO, much as I like garlic which is why I believe it is a bit of a leg pull by CB. You'd be better off coating the roses in soot if you want 'free' sulphur. P Stick

• 20/12/2004 05:28 PM	In reply to
  P Stick Location: North Wales Joined on: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 86	Reply | Contact Furrther to above - I meant to say 'supposed to prevent'. P Stick

• 21/12/2004 09:09 AM	In reply to
  Jak Location: East Sussex Coast Joined on: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 159	Reply | Contact Hi P Stick. I used 'supposed to' deliberately as chives haven't stopped my 'Koreesia' rose succumbing to Black Spot and I'm told that it is a resistant variety of rose! Jak

• 21/12/2004 12:18 PM	In reply to
  P Stick Location: North Wales Joined on: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 86	Reply | Contact Hi Jak - I think we are on the same wavelength here - why don't we invent a few to test CB?...........Like burying a piece of pork under a cooking apple tree so the fruit make good apple sauce.........;-) P Stick

• 21/12/2004 03:09 PM	In reply to
  Jak Location: East Sussex Coast Joined on: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 159	Reply | Contact .... heard the one where you plant mint in a container lined with sheeps' wool? LoL! Jak (o:

• 21/12/2004 05:02 PM	In reply to
  P Stick Location: North Wales Joined on: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 86	Reply | Contact .............and water horseradish with cow's milk once a week........;-) P Stick

• 22/12/2004 08:43 AM	In reply to
  Jak Location: East Sussex Coast Joined on: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 159	Reply | Contact ....it must be full-cream of course - none of this skimmed rubbish! LoL Jak (o:

• 07/06/2006 03:40 PM

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  VickyB Location: Portugal Joined on: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 46

  Reply | Contact I have tried stewed garlic and got nothing but smelly leaves on the roses. I also planted garlic under the roses and got nothing but garlic ... still had the black spot, but the vampires have all gone away! My latest is the washing up liquid in water in a spray bottle with a half teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda added : the washing up liquid for the aphids and the bicarb for the black spot ... so far so good with this concoction! VickyB