ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information center operated by the National Center for Appropriate
Technology under a grant from the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.
S.
Department of Agriculture.
These
organizations do not recommend or...
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ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information center operated by the National Center for Appropriate
Technology under a grant from the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.
S.
Department of Agriculture.
These
organizations do not recommend or endorse products, companies, or individuals.
ATTRA is located in the
Ozark Mountains at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville (P.
O.
Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702).
ATTRA
staff members prefer to receive requests for information about sustainable agriculture via the toll-free number
800-346-9140.
By George Kuepper, Raeven Thomas,
and Richard Earles
NCAT Agriculture Specialists
November 2001
HORTICULTURE TECHNICAL NOTE
USE OF BAKING SODA AS A
FUNGICIDE
• The use of baking soda as a fungicide is not
a new idea.
In Alfred C.
Hottes’ A Little Book
of Climbing Plants, published in 1933 by the
A.
T.
De La Mare Co.
of New York, mention is
made of using one ounce of baking soda per
gallon of water to control powdery mildew
(P
Less
