As well as cleaning up (and this goes for all plants, veg, fruit tree,
flowers) I always pay particular attention to liquid foliar feeding. Liquid
fish fertiliser being the first choice.
>If we have a plant that comes down with an infestation or >an infection, we do a "spot cleaning" of the afflicted plant >and the surrounding area. We "spot clean" by cutting out >all of the foliage that we think might be infested or infected, >we rake up all of the plant debris and mulch in the area and >we put that material in the trash, we wash all of the plants >in the area with a good blast of water from the hose, and we >then put down a fresh layer of clean mulch. We pay particular >attention to the plants in this troubled area for several weeks >to see if we need to repeat or expand the "spot cleaning". > >Does anyone else do anything like our "spot cleaning"? Is there >a better way? The real question, I think, is what's the best thing to >do when you find an infection or an infestation in your garden? > >Bill > >--------------------------------------------------------- > >The rec.gardens.ecosystems FAQ, course and archive are available at >http://metalab.unc.edu/rge > >submissions can be mailed to: ecosys-submit@metalab.unc.edu >the moderators can be contacted at: ecosys-admin@metalab.unc.edu > >Please note that crossposts are automatically rejected