White rot is a fungal disease of cucumbers that spreads quite quickly and rapidly.
If you do not provide any help to the plant, not only the bush itself will die, but also the neighboring plantings: the fungus spreads with amazing speed.
Therefore, it is worthwhile to provide cucumbers with the necessary assistance when the earliest signs appear, notes Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication BelNovosti, an agronomist and landscape designer.
How to fight white rot
Mechanical method
If you notice a localized lesion of cucumbers, you should immediately separate the affected part from the healthy plant. A pruning shear will help with this.
When separating, it is important to also go to the healthy part: in this case, the risk of infection will be significantly reduced.
Next, we treat the place where the cut was made with lime. You can also use the product to treat the soil near the roots.
Whey
This method is quite good, especially if we are talking about the initial stage of the disease. For three parts of the product itself, take seven parts of water.
It is also worth taking copper sulfate. For a standard bucket you will need about a spoon of the preparation.
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Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
