SaferGro Mildew Cure - Quart

What SaferGro Mildew Cure Is Actually Made Of

Three oils carry this product and the percentages are worth knowing. Cottonseed oil sits at 30.0 percent, corn oil at 30.0 percent and garlic oil at 23.0 percent, so 83 percent of what is in the bottle is doing work. All three are food grade materials. That composition is why it falls under the FIFRA 25(b) minimum risk exemption in 40 CFR 152.25. It carries no EPA registration number and no residue tolerance on food crops. It is OMRI Listed and registered with the WSDA. The target is powdery mildew, an obligate parasite that needs a living host. It spreads fast enough to write off a potted crop inside a week. Label rate is one gallon of concentrate per 100 gallons of water, a one percent solution. For smaller tanks that works out at 1.5 oz per gallon, 7 oz per five gallons, 14 oz per ten and the full 32 oz quart per 25 gallons.

Getting a Powdery Mildew Spray to Hold for a Week

Oils work by contact and they do not move inside the plant, so coverage is the whole job. Wet both leaf surfaces, get into the shaded interior of the canopy where humidity sits highest, and accept that anything the spray misses stays untreated. The control window is seven to ten days from a one percent solution. The label allows no more than one application in any seven-day period. Those two figures line up, which makes this a weekly programme rather than a rescue treatment. Timing matters as much as the mix. Spraying oils onto a hot canopy under direct light risks burn. Apply in the cool part of the day, with airflow afterwards to dry the leaf. Wear long sleeves, trousers, gloves and eye protection, because garlic and seed oils at this concentration are an irritant even without a registration number attached. The honest limit is that a contact oil will not cure an established infection on its own. Rotate it against something with a different mode of action, and use it to hold clean tissue clean.

Key Features

• Active ingredients: Cottonseed oil 30.0, corn oil 30.0 and garlic oil 23.0 percent
• Regulatory status: FIFRA 25(b) exempt under 40 CFR 152.25, so no EPA number
• Listing: OMRI Listed and registered with the WSDA
• Rate: One gallon per 100 gallons of water, which is a one percent solution
• Small tanks: 1.5 oz per gallon, 7 oz per five gallons, 14 oz per ten gallons
• Quart coverage: One 32 oz quart mixes 25 gallons of finished spray
• Interval: No more than one application in any seven-day period
• Control window: Seven to ten days from a one percent solution
• Mode of action: Contact only, so both leaf surfaces have to be wetted
• Protective equipment: Long sleeves, trousers, gloves and eye protection

Technical Specifications