{"id":4118,"date":"2015-08-28T12:50:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T19:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4118"},"modified":"2015-08-28T12:50:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T19:50:32","slug":"powdery-mildew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4118","title":{"rendered":"Powdery Mildew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A month ago I bought a begonia boliviensis. Very beautiful plant. I had\u2019t even popped it in the ground yet, when I noticed the flowers were dropping. According to what I read that is not uncommon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Begonia_IMG_3192.jpg\" alt=\"Begonia\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I noticed powdery mildew. A small bit of powdery mildew can be seen in the upper most leaf. I couldn\u2019t remember how to treat it, so I googled it. Everything I read stated that the plant should be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>I contacted a friend and he suggested:<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201c\u2026a mixture of 8oz isopropyl alcohol (70%), 8oz water, 1 Tbsp Dr. Bronners Peppermint castille soap. It works really well on arthropod pests but also has a slight fungicidal effect. Fairly non-toxic to boot.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I do love peppermint soap, so I gave it a try. Shortly after the application all of the leaves dropped.<\/p>\n<p>This week I started to feel a bit positive about saving the plant. There are a few new leaves. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/BegoniaAfterTreatmentIMG_3602.jpg\" alt=\"Begonia after treatment\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The leaves appear to be healthy and clear of powdery mildew. Now I wait.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A month ago I bought a begonia boliviensis. Very beautiful plant. I had\u2019t even popped it in the ground yet, when I noticed the flowers were dropping. According to what I read that is not uncommon. Then I noticed powdery mildew. A small bit of powdery mildew can be seen in the upper most leaf. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4118\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Powdery Mildew<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc-interests","category-nature","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4118"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4126,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118\/revisions\/4126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}