Powdery mildew

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A few of my veg plants now have powdery mildew - sugar snaps, courgettes, even looks like the newly planted strawberries might have a bit too.

Do I just remove the mildewy leaves and hope for the best?

I've been told I can compost these powdery leaves but am a bit unsure about doing this in case it spreads the spores into the whole compost bin.

Have read it's due to dry conditions but have been watering regularly and we've also just had a load of heavy rain (the mildew appeared just after the rainfall).

Can anyone help please?

Remove as much as you can, spray the leaves over and under with milk - do this in the morning of a dry day. Don't compost the leaves and make sure you are watering in the morning and not splashing the leaves. Mildew really takes hold if the soil is too dry, i.e. one of my courgette plants has it and the other not. The one in a container is the one that has it.

Thanks Honestybox, will go and give them more soaking then. Never heard of the milk treatment so good to know.