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The Best Methods For Battling Garden Born Bacteria

gardenmandy.com — The best way to battle disease and bacteria in your garden is always through prevention. Part of prevention is making sure you practice sanitary gardening methods. If your plant has a bacterial infection there are a few things you can do to treat it

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  • Fangsinmybeard, on 06/19/2008, -3/+13Best way I know is to maintain a balance between the fungus and the bacteria. Throw it either way and you lose a crop.
  • davidhallstrom, on 06/19/2008, -6/+7Thank you for the informative post.
  • gavinhudson, on 06/19/2008, -4/+4The all natural way. Always the best. Thanks for the tips! :)
  • rentmitchum, on 06/19/2008, -3/+2I game to this through the shout thinking I read "bottling".. Silly me. I was more interested in bottling it somehow.
  • highlymodified, on 06/19/2008, -3/+13This is perfect for all those who are growing mariju....tomatoes
  • evan2024, on 06/19/2008, -3/+7What about tomacco?
  • Morshade, on 06/19/2008, -4/+1ok done
  • Michiko280, on 06/19/2008, -1/+2Great tips! I'm not a fan of disease in the garden ;(
  • ObamaWins08, on 06/19/2008, -1/+8Did anybody else read BattleStar Galactica?
    No? Ok, I'll lay off the crack...
    • enoshixi, on 06/20/2008, -1/+1Yes.. I actually checked the comments just to see if anyone else did.
  • Beanbones, on 06/20/2008, -2/+3I say take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
  • Joomal, on 06/20/2008, -6/+1Gotta love digg... Nasa finds ICE on Mars and we have articles for the best methods for battling garden born bacteria.. lolz..!
    • DestroyFascism, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1What good is Ice on Mars apart from a cold beer "If" you ever get to the Mars Bar....
  • LanceUppercut, on 06/20/2008, -2/+4What about those bagworms? Jesus christ those things are creepy as *****. They almost dominated one of my trees, but luckily one of my friends knew what was growing on the tree and brought over some stuff to take care of it. He has consumed at least $250 worth of beer from my fridge, so he called us "even".
  • leonardoty, on 06/20/2008, -5/+3Get rid of your garden.
  • duhblow7, on 06/20/2008, -0/+4If you have powdery mildew, mold or botrytis, I swear to god you use two products. This will save your crop. Dutch Masters ZONE and Dutch Masters Penetrator. It's best to dip your plants. One treatment every 4 days and you can literally watch the mold "hairs" die. Botrytis is inherited throughout multiple generations in propagation and ZONE+Penetrator will take care of that problem as well.

    Take it from an ole school overgrow.com user. ;)
  • StaleCookie, on 06/20/2008, -2/+1Question, would Monistat 7 work?
  • trenchfever, on 06/20/2008, -7/+1"Garden borne" you stupid bitch. Get the ***** out of digg BTW.
  • b177w457, on 06/20/2008, -4/+0*cough, cough* borne...
  • DiggCrusher, on 06/20/2008, -3/+1buried for being irrelevant to diggers. when do you think is the last time any of them went outside, let alone did any gardening?
  • swrostmore, on 06/20/2008, -7/+5Hey Kevin Rose, my digg is broken...can you fix the bug where blatantly bought-and-paid-for articles make it to my front page?
  • bsmeteronhigh2, on 06/20/2008, -1/+3I missed "Don't let the migrant workers ***** on the tomatoes".
  • postpawl, on 06/20/2008, -1/+1This article is just in time for The Happening.
  • d1gp1g, on 06/20/2008, -2/+2a spray bottle of regular 3% hydrogen peroxide from the grocery store works wonders, too

    http://nukesylo13.com/component/content/article/32 ...
  • stinkypyper, on 06/20/2008, -1/+3This year my beets and swiss chard fell prey to some wilting disease, same for my neighbors. I will take this advice.
  • l800LEMMINGS, on 06/20/2008, -0/+3don't water plants at night because it increases the risk of fungus and bacteria caused by the dark and damp environment

    why is this on the front page though, wtf
  • Soniti, on 06/20/2008, -1/+3What the *****? What kind of niche group do you have to be a part of to be a Digg-using, Garden-Tending, Bacteria-concernced individual..?

    O_o How did this make the front page..?
  • crzymook, on 06/20/2008, -2/+0Okay, so the core ideas are good, but also very very basic - use compost tea on diseased plants, and remove all diseased leaves and plants ASAP if that fails so you don't contaminate the soil further.

    I think organic gardeners like myself who are inclined to click in the first place already know this stuff. Or if they don't it's been said better elsewhere (e.g. a newcomer would want to know how to make compost tea, what sorts of disease it will help, etc.). Ditto for the other article from this Garden Mandy site I saw dugg up the other day.
  • DirtySanch, on 06/20/2008, -1/+3What do I do about the little white bugs that hang out on the bottom of the leaves?
    • GardenMandy, on 06/20/2008, -0/+2Hey Sanchez -
      try neem oil. That should do the trick.
  • spacecheese, on 06/20/2008, -1/+3most vital i'd say is prevention befor eit gets this way ; maintaining the proper PH for your crops is essential to the plants natural resistance capabilities.
    an "outdoor hydro" system is ideal in any location, because you can quickly rectify any adverse rain or soil conditions on the fly with PH up/down solution
    +bug strips and you are good to go- smoke up and/or feed the whole neighborhood
  • sasmon, on 06/20/2008, -2/+2borne
  • beauley, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Whether it's being part of a community run garden, or setting aside a plot of land in your own back yard, growing your own vegetables is now a returning family pastime. So, where are the benefits from the time and labor spent to reap the golden harvest?
    http://www.gomestic.com/Gardening/Why-Grow-Your-Ow ...
    Why Grow Your Own Vegetables
  • beauley, on 06/23/2008, -0/+2Most of us have at one time or other visited grandma's house to partake in her newly harvested tomatoes, or even freshly picked onions in the quaint back yard garden patch. You knew they were fresh because the garden soil had to be washed off those that were dug up.
    http://www.gomestic.com/Gardening/Grow-a-Garden-Ha ...
    Grow a Garden, Harvest Truly Fresh Vegetables
  • auzziegurl97, on 06/25/2008, -0/+0I read 'Environmentally Friendly Pest Control' to get rid of the pests in my garden, some of the tips worked wonders! You can find it on www.booksonboard.com along with many other books
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