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damping off debacle!!
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. i understand it's a fungal infection, & i freely admit my garden hygiene is virtually non-existent g. i sometimes wash my punnets out, but not often. i'm not sure if the affected punnets were washed or not of course (my garden-organisation-capabilities are equally non-existent). the weather has been unusually hot in the last few days, after a week of pointless drizzle, & before that, a few days of actual proper lovely wet weather. have i done something wrong to have caused mass death on this scale, or is it just bad weather or bad luck? thank you my friends for any tips to hopefully prevent such a wipe-out in future!!! kylie |
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damping off debacle!!
g'day kylie,
this fromn a gooooogle. "What is it? Damping-off is a common problem in tomato plants where the soil is too wet or has a high nitrogen level. This can be due to the watering conditions you have imposed on your tomato plants in the vegetable garden, or factors of weather such as damp days with many clouds. What does it look like? Tomato plants which are experiencing damping-off tend to have tomato seeds which do not sprout at all, or tomato seedlings which develop poorly and fall over soon after they have emerged from the soil. The stems of the tomato plants will appear water-soaked at the soil line and may be discolored in yellows, browns or blacks. Usually, a tomato plant which is affected by damping-off with have a soft, thin stem which is limp like a noodle which allows the plant to fall over easily. " from this link: http://ga.essortment.com/tomatoesproblem_rckk.htm On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:40:44 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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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. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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damping off debacle!!
hm, thank you len.
kylie (who is now blaming the weather ;-) "len garden" wrote in message ... g'day kylie, this fromn a gooooogle. "What is it? Damping-off is a common problem in tomato plants where the soil is too wet or has a high nitrogen level. This can be due to the watering conditions you have imposed on your tomato plants in the vegetable garden, or factors of weather such as damp days with many clouds. What does it look like? Tomato plants which are experiencing damping-off tend to have tomato seeds which do not sprout at all, or tomato seedlings which develop poorly and fall over soon after they have emerged from the soil. The stems of the tomato plants will appear water-soaked at the soil line and may be discolored in yellows, browns or blacks. Usually, a tomato plant which is affected by damping-off with have a soft, thin stem which is limp like a noodle which allows the plant to fall over easily. " from this link: http://ga.essortment.com/tomatoesproblem_rckk.htm On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:40:44 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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damping off debacle!!
"Chookie" wrote in message
news:ehrebeniuk-3B050B.19162815112007@news... 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 |
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damping off debacle!!
Didn't see your earlier post on this Otter, but I seem to recall that using
Chamomile tea was supposed to be a help in preventing damping off. |
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damping off debacle!!
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
... Didn't see your earlier post on this Otter, but I seem to recall that using Chamomile tea was supposed to be a help in preventing damping off. well, that's interesting! i have a lot of lawn chamomile i naively planted last summer that is knee-high & about to flower. it's exceedingly wet here again (yay) so i'd better be on the lookout. kylie |
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