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DEALING WITH

DOWNY MILDEW

While it doesn ’ t get the same scrutiny as powdery mildew , downy mildew can become just as devastating on your plants . Chris Bond explains how do deal with this dampweather plant disease . owny mildew is the name collectively given to a number of different ,

Dbut symptomatically similar plant diseases . Often confused with

gray mold ( Botrytis ) or powdery mildew , downy mildew often shows by Chris Bond as a fuzzy , bluish ( sometimes purplish ) cast and occurs during cool ( 40-72 ° F ; 5-23 ° C ,) and humid ( above 80 percent ) or foggy weather , as opposed to powdery mildew which occurs during warmer and humid weather .
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