Why Does Whey Destroy Powdery Mildew On Plants? How To Eliminate Powdery Mildew Entirely.

If you have powdery mildew In the garden the solution Is whey. Whey is found in milk products and when exposed to light causes fungal Hyphae of powerdert mildew to explode.

Why Does Whey Destroy Powdery Mildew On Plants? How To Eliminate Powdery Mildew Entirely.

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[GardeningInCanada]

If you are looking to make your own whey and cheese to reduce waste in the house check out the video here. It’s shockingly inexpensive!

[JamalHossain]

This year my garden I'm getting the best harvest ever (everything growing big). I grew more than 22 different variety of vegetables and lots of fruits. With no fungus or mildews. All I do it is get a bucket, throw all my kitchens scrapes such as, garlic peels, onions peel, potato peels, banana peels, orange peels, apple core, and other etc. Fill it up with water, let it ferment for 6-7 days and apply it as a fertilizer. I started using this method this year and my plants grows like magic. No more buying fertilizer or pesticides as this method work both ways.

[fifigirl]

Thanks was about to use milk. 1 thing...your whey is from cheese making using renet which makes it sweet whey. 50:50 is fine even straight. But whey from kefir and yoghurt etc is acid and needs to be watered down more. 30:70. I don't make cheese but I do make kefir. 😊

[MushroomMagpie]

Thanks! I used to stomp around my yard, waving my arm in frustration while yelling "white powder, white powder!" But thanks to you i won't get those strange looks from the neighbours anymore.

[ladweeb]

Wow! I went to my local garden er and they told me there was no remedy for powdery mildew. I’ll try this!

[prairieprepper]

THANK YOU for this tip! I just tried it in my garden this week (yes, even in August I'm battling powdery mildew...we're a chilly zone 3b here, close to a zone 3a region, so we're not getting hot enough consistently enough even now to discourage its growth). I tried your trick this weekend, but with some plain Greek yogurt mixed in water and it worked great! I saw a massive difference that same evening after applying in the morning. By the next day growth EXPLODED. I wish I'd known this years ago!

[janw]

Oh my perfect. I never know what to do with left over whey after making cheese

[fishfrypie]

Found you through the Canadian Prepper! As a newbie gardener, I am so glad to have been introduced to you and your channel!! I've learned more in just a couple videos than I have watching many other garden channels.

[stevenking]

It's the lactose in milk products that decomposes in sunlight into lactic acid compounds that act antiseptic. Baking soda also can be used as an alternate. Changing leaf surface pH either low or high kills mildew. PureCrop1 is expensive but works well on PM indoor.

[hesh]

Love that your putting out this info on fighting a common pathogen with simple, organic methods. I use the whey from the kefir i make for myself since it also has a lot of lactobacillus on top of some others. I have used diluted milk to fight pm. I add some baking soda to it to make it a little more effective but, it works. One of the biggest factor i have found in battling pm in my indoor crops is humidity swings and spikes. Can't really control that outdoors but, the lactobacillus helps prevent pm a bit too. Thanks for the good stuff

[articsprig]

*awesome!I have started documenting my garden experiences from Zone 6 Ontario not many have information on this. I do enjoy your scientific knowledge*

[ptrschick]

Thank you for your scientific breakdown.😊👍🏽✌🏽

[dannyboy]

For providing the free info I will also drop a comment to show support ✊

[monicamurphy]

Can you use whey powder and if so what would be the dry to liquid ratio? I love your channel...keep up the good work!!!

[rocdajacable]

I've used 30 gallons of V-D milk Aldi's so far directly among the garden, yesterdays cold wet overcast days here in CNY I found a very small spot on a Hella Jelly this morning it was the next scheduled plant to harvest and well I whacked back the foliage and just got thru bud washing it, peroxide 1st then lemon juice & final fresh rain water rinse it's hang drying under my canopy now and it will be hung in the dry room in a few hours.

[peteulfig]

New to the channel I've watched two videos I'm impressed so I happily subscribed. Thank you for your knowledge

[ebradley]

Great info. I noticed in my garden in SE Texas where we are now baking the powdery mildew on the zucchini has abated.

[mrmike]

Can you use pure whey powder mixed with water?

[omeshsingh]

5:11 - YouTube auto-subtitles: "it was actually the lactoferrin within the way that caused the canadian to basically explode..."

[quantafitness]

I could watch your videos purely for your sense of humour 😂 The scientific plant advice is a bonus 😉