Re: seeding the future

Fungus gnats can be killed chemically, or prevented with beneficial 
nematodes.  My little brother, a professional grower, chemical-use bigot, 
and IPM skeptic, tried the nematodes once and now swears by them.

Floyd
At 07:39 AM 11/27/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Kwnt:
>
> >I keep my seedlings very wet, about 1/2 inch of water in the trays at 
> all times. The surface of the growing medium gets a little slimy, but it 
> doesn't seem to bother the hostas.
>
>I tried that with a few trays last year, and had really bad fungus gnats
>in those trays.  I left the domes on, too, maybe that was the problem??
>Mine are in a small greenhouse (bought second-hand), and I do much
>better with mine on the slightly dry side.  What did I do wrong with the
>wetter ones?
>
>Betsy
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