![]() ![]() You’ll know it’s working when you see a scar on the fruit where the mildew has been. Garry no longer sells certified seed but he said most of us don’t feed our trees enough. My papaw took a turn for the worse suffering from powdery mildew when it started to rain in winter.Garry Grant suggests a weekly spray from May of 1 part full cream milk and 10 parts water sprayed on.plus a handful of Sulphate of Potash but do this monthly. When they are young with no fruit, put on a high nitrogen fertiliser monthly then when they start to fruit, add three handfuls of something like Organic Xtra or Dynamic Lifter etc. Ray Johnson says he was talking to Garry Grant the papaya chap who sells papaya seed and he said that to get good flavour in your papaws you must feed them monthly. ![]() No routine spraying program only on observation does he use copper hydroxide plus an insecticide sometimes if required. He then places mushroom compost around the plant, plus grass straw over the top and waters only when it starts to become dry as he thinks a lot of plants are over watered. He uses two heavy applications of fertilizer each year nitrophoska plus terrafirma organic life but doesn’t dig it in. During winter fruit picked at colour change has very good flavour – has already picked at least 10 fruit. He has changed sprays from copper oxychloride to copper hydroxide – much better result and less toxic.
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