Janic wrote:04/08/22, 08:20
humusdowny mildew only spreads on plants that are poorly adapted to the local microcosm. Plant diseases are like human diseases, namely that the microbe (the parasite, the fungus, the bacterium) only develops in fragile subjects. "The microbe is nothing, the ground is everything" Claude BERNARDIn the same vein, finally he should not fear mildew in his dry and hot region.
Point of view in total opposition to pasteurism. and his obsession with nasty germs.
No doubt, in any case my tomato seeds of yet "old" varieties or at least not F1, last year did not resist mildew, whereas last year with the same seeds, it was the jackpot .
The ground has long been BRFized so a priori good.
Last year's cold and rainy weather was hard to take.
It's probably like placing a Tuareg at the North Pole, everything has its limits of adaptation, it takes time.
I have since learned a technique (never used): spraying baking soda on the affected areas.
My objective would in fact be the adaptation of the seeds to the soil and the local climate, via epigentics, even if it means losing a lot of crops to achieve this. but I haven't done it yet.
I am a man of projects...which pile up