"Chookie" wrote in message
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In article ,
"0tterbot" wrote:

hello,
firstly by "damping off", i have understood this to be the situation
where
the stalk of the seedling withers away at the base, & then it falls over
&
dies. (if this ISN'T damping off, can someone let me know what it is? ;-)

while i am used to this happening very occasionally (the odd seedling
here &
there amongst unaffected seedlings), in the last few days i have lost
punnets & punnets of veg & flower babies, all at once.

Could be snails or nematodes.

well, no, but thanks anyway :-)
kylie