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Hi to everyone. It looks from the posts I've seen (lurking for a few hours now) that there is definitely a wealth of vft knowledge here. To that end, I'm hoping some of you can give me some advice on fungicide and mildew.
Let me offer some background: I've recently acquired (rescued?) some vft's from a Home Depot and I'm trying to acclimate them to indoor humidity and temperature. That said, they are still beneath their "domes" for the moment. I am working on opening the domes a bit at a time and will eventually remove them completely. At the moment, I've put pretty large holes into the top of the domes (they're nothing more than cheap plastic cups upside down, of course) but there's still quite a bit of moisture collecting.
One of the plants appears to have white specks on it that are surely spreading. I believe this is 'powdery mildew' based on what I have read. So far the only fungicide I have found readily available, which I have seen mention on CP sites and forums previously, is "Safer" brand. I was only able to find the 3-in-1 kind that also kills insects, but I am not certain whether this is 100% safe to use on the plants.
I did generously douse the affected plant and it cleaned off all the mildew I could find inside the 'dome' but I'm not sure if I need to do more or prune the affected portions of the plant. It doesn't have many leaves and I'm hesitant about taking off anything that isn't dead yet.
Does anyone have any suggestions on treatment? Also, as per my subject line, does anyone know about this brand of fungicide and whether or not I should use it versus something else? How serious of a problem is the mildew anyway?
Thanks much for any feedback. I'm sorry if this got a bit long winded.
Let me offer some background: I've recently acquired (rescued?) some vft's from a Home Depot and I'm trying to acclimate them to indoor humidity and temperature. That said, they are still beneath their "domes" for the moment. I am working on opening the domes a bit at a time and will eventually remove them completely. At the moment, I've put pretty large holes into the top of the domes (they're nothing more than cheap plastic cups upside down, of course) but there's still quite a bit of moisture collecting.
One of the plants appears to have white specks on it that are surely spreading. I believe this is 'powdery mildew' based on what I have read. So far the only fungicide I have found readily available, which I have seen mention on CP sites and forums previously, is "Safer" brand. I was only able to find the 3-in-1 kind that also kills insects, but I am not certain whether this is 100% safe to use on the plants.
I did generously douse the affected plant and it cleaned off all the mildew I could find inside the 'dome' but I'm not sure if I need to do more or prune the affected portions of the plant. It doesn't have many leaves and I'm hesitant about taking off anything that isn't dead yet.
Does anyone have any suggestions on treatment? Also, as per my subject line, does anyone know about this brand of fungicide and whether or not I should use it versus something else? How serious of a problem is the mildew anyway?
Thanks much for any feedback. I'm sorry if this got a bit long winded.