RE: [CH] Re-using Seed Trays
RBoulden@natco-us.com
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:14:49 -0600
Damping off is a fungus that attacks young seedlings. I've had plenty of
it. When you check on your plants, some of them look like something ate
thru the stem and the top of the seedling topples over. It's dead. You
must remove these ASAP or it will spread like wildfire to other seedlings.
Eventually you have little or nothing to plant.
The chamomile tea has solved this for me this year. I fill a 1 gallon
watering bucket with water. I boil 1 mug of water and add 3 chamomile tea
bags. Steep 10 min or so. Then toss the bags, pour the tea in the watering
bucket, and water the seedlings. Good luck.
-----Original Message-----
From: T. Matthew Evans [mailto:matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:57 PM
To: Robert Farr; RisaG
Cc: tucker; Chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: RE: [CH] Re-using Seed Trays
Would you mind elaborating on damp off? I'm not exactly sure what this is.
As for the "half-strength shot of chamomile tea", how do you accomplish
this? Several list members have suggested this (in this thread and others),
but I have never been exactly sure what the deal was. Thanks.
Matt
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T. Matthew Evans
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Farr [mailto:rbfarr@erols.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 3:49 PM
To: RisaG
Cc: T. Matthew Evans; tucker; Chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: Re: [CH] Re-using Seed Trays
Hmmmmm - I never scrub my trays, haven't had a dis/ease prob. yet! Anyone
else out there have disease when you don't wash yr trays???
BTW, if I raise 'em inside, the wet conditions are conducive to damp off.
To treat, I turn on the overhead fan, and give 'em all a half-strength shot
of chamomille tea.
I b'live this was Lord Byron's recommendation. And boy does it work well -
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