First thing this morning the BBC forecast was showing both rain showers and hour after hour of high humidity. So I drained my cup of tea and decided the time for action was nigh. No more dithering – I’d spray. Blight – be gone…..
This evening – after a day of no rain – and checking on the updated forecast, seemingly none in the next 5 days, I may have been better putting the kettle on and having that 2nd cuppa instead.
Bordeaux Mix is very blue ! With no rain to wash it off my plants now look as if they have a dose of artic measles. I don’t know if this is supposed to be how it looks when applied but it adds a very odd tinge to the garden. It’s not on every leaf and not every part of the leaf received a spraying. I don’t know how this affects protection levels.
So a couple of things I learnt ( for which read mistakes made !). I hadn’t used the spray pump before. I’d recommend just putting water in the first time to see how it works. I’d several false starts; all the more frustrating with the solution already in. To begin with it wouldn’t spray at all, then it did with an erratic pattern. Then when that was fixed it was more high pressure car wash….
Then with the mix itself I mixed 1.15 litres ( powder and water) which was the max volume for the spray. Which was probably too much. A little goes a long, blue way.
So next time I’d test drive the sprayer with water to get the pressure and nozzle setting correct and then I’d mix a smaller amount of the solution.
Will there be any scary outcomes ? How will the plants cope with blue leaves ? I don’t know … I only hope the consequences aren’t as scary as the colour …..
