SaferGro Mildew Cure 32 oz. Mildew Cure is a natural, organic, fungicide that provides good control of powdery mildew on various crops and ornamentals. Powdery mildew fungi is an obligatory parasite and thus requires a living plant host. Powdery mildew coloniees quicly render a flowery potted plant unmarketable. The powdery mildews infect a wide range of plants and are well represented on ornamentals, vegetables and fruit crops.

The powdery mildew fungus can infect all green tissues of the grapevine as well as other infected plants. The fungus penetrates only the epidermal cells to absorb the nutrients. The disease can usually be tecognized easily in most crops by the light-colored powdery spore growth that forms on shoots, both sides of leaves, and sometimes flowers. On vegetable crops, powdery mildew usually appears first as yellow spots on the upper leaf surface of older leaves. the disease may affect the flavor of melons and squash. Powdery mildew is more serious on grapes and fruit trees, because it attacks the new growth, including buds, shoots, flowers and newly forming fruits as well as leaves. .

Formerly known as GC-3