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Anton

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spraying tomatoes
« on: June 06, 2011, 10:17 »
Last year I sprayed my tomato plants weekly with baking soda and as it is now started to become hot and muggy here (rain after two months of virtually no rain) I thought I had better start the treatment again. But I've forgotten what the dosage is, if any could be kind enough to remind me. I've also been cutting off and destroying browning leaves, etc. Should I keep doing this?

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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2011, 10:46 »
I've just looked and my spray contains 1 litre. How much baking powder should I put in that do you think?

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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2011, 21:53 »
A quick search for baking powder brings up this thread:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=49925.0
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2011, 09:54 »
Thanks a lot, Yorkie, I will have to translate that into litres now.

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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2011, 10:12 »
One imperial (UK) gallon = 4.546 litres.

One US gallon (which Trillium might be using) = 5.455 litres.

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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2011, 10:17 »
Baking powder  :unsure:

Why?
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2011, 10:19 »
Is it baking soda or baking powder? Both are mentioned and they are quite different things.
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2011, 10:22 »
Why spray the toms with it?
Am i missing out on something?

Sorry, just read the link (Blight)  ;)
« Last Edit: June 07, 2011, 10:23 by stompy »
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2011, 11:44 »
Baking Powder?     Why do this?      Epsom salts on the ground to help combat Magnesium defficiency and maybe the uptake of trace elements but why Baking Powder?
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2011, 11:48 »
Try reading the link that Yorkie gave.
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2011, 11:48 »
Read the link in Yorkie's post.
It's blight related  ;)

You beat me to it D.D.  :lol:
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2011, 11:50 »
So it is baking soda and not baking powder then?
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2011, 11:59 »
Quote from: argyllie on June 07, 2011, 10:12
One imperial (UK) gallon = 4.546 litres.

One US gallon (which Trillium might be using) = 5.455 litres.

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er.... one US gallon is actually 3.785 litres is it not!
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2011, 12:04 »
Quote from: hamstergbert on June 07, 2011, 11:59
Quote from: argyllie on June 07, 2011, 10:12
One imperial (UK) gallon = 4.546 litres.

One US gallon (which Trillium might be using) = 5.455 litres.

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er.... one US gallon is actually 3.785 litres is it not!

Hm, on the converter I used a US gallon is 1.2 imperial (UK) gallons. We'd better find out which kind of gallon Trillium would be using in Canada and also confirm that she would use baking soda. Powder was mentioned, I believe incorrectly, and this myth is being perpetuated by following questioners....
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Re: spraying tomatoes
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2011, 12:05 »
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er.... one US gallon is actually 3.785 litres is it not!

Yes but we're in the UK, not the US  :tongue2:
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