expired or sour milk

[peapicker]

I dug this up regarding spider mites
1/2 cup buttermilk
4 cups of flour
5 gal. water
Spray for 2 days

[peapicker]

Originally Posted by Got Worms?

Spray diluted milk for powdery mildew:

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/garde...tv-mildew.html

Might make your garden smell a bit sour.

Charlie

I could not get this site to work
Could it be the pioneerliving web site
http://www.pioneerliving.net/bugcontrol.htm

[Got Worms?]

Originally Posted by peapicker

I could not get this site to work
Could it be the pioneerliving web site
http://www.pioneerliving.net/bugcontrol.htm

No, the link is correct.

Here is another: http://www.gardenguides.com/779-usin...-pest-tip.html

Charlie

[peapicker]

Thanks GW
I got it to work this morn
Both are great sites with very usefull information

[Got Worms?]

You're welcome peapicker.
When using milk in the garden, I think dilution is key. Whole milk has fat that goes rancid with bacteria of the "dead cow smelling variety (a technical term)" I would even dilute it before putting it on the compost heap, just to give the beneficial micro-organisms in the compost a edge in breaking it down.

[RolandClose]

my grandmother would hold some back and let it sour on purpose. i think it was cheaper to do that than to buy buttermilk. she used it making pancakes and biscuits. they were great.

[dllcamo]

You can use 10% milk 90% water .If it is 30% milk or higher a fungus or bactera type will get on the plant.

[peapicker]

Some people spray buttermilk on their bird baths and statuaries to get moss to grow on them for an antique look

[werecat]

I just scald it and it breaks into curds and whey. The scalding kills any bacteria and I hang it drain off the whey which I pour over my blueberries and then the curd I salt and use like ricotta.

[fugacity]

I think the good bacteria/bad bacteria thing might be getting a little confused here. Just because raw milk may contain beneficial bacteria that do things like make it into yogurt/cheese/buttermilk, that doesn't automatically mean that those are also "good" bacteria for compost. Likewise bacteria that can make you sick in any spoiled milk would not necessarily be bad in compost.

When we're talking good/bad bacteria it is important to know just what they are good and bad for. I don't think most of the bacteria and microorganisms in compost would qualify as probiotics.

And I'm speaking without experience, but I doubt anybody has anything but casual anecdote surrounding pasteurized sour milk and compost.

My rudimentary understanding it that it's (dairy) probably going to stink in compost no matter what and it could attract unwelcome pests.