Hello all! I wanted to know more about this 'damping off', how can I try to prevent it from taking my little seedlings??
Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by, "damping off", is that where the stem , leaves or heads of plants turn black and the plantlet dies? If so, the most likely cause is botrytis, a fungus. --The thing to do here is to promote air flow across and between your plantlets. --Remove plastic bags or take the cover of a propagator off. --Give your plantlets water from the bottom, do not give it on the soil above. Do not mist your suseptable plantlets. --Keep the soil under the planylet clean and free of dead leaves, etc. --Remove and destroy any parts of a plant ...or indeed, the entire plantlet if it is infected. --Commercial fungicides are available, but use these only as a last resort. Success...
Cinnamon sprinkled on the soil works really well, also misting seedlings with camomile tea. Not had any problems since using these methods, good luck :-D
I won't try seeds indoors because of the damping off problem, they never make it to the ground outside. I wish you luck.
