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Re: Chamomilae-tea (was: Lights! the rest of the story)

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Marijke,
I don't have any idea why this works.  Two years ago I was having trouble 
with damping off and a friend said I was watering too much so to avoid the 
problem I should water less and spray with a weak solution of chamomile tea 
every few days. I sprayed right away and the mold that had started to grow 
sort of evaporated.  I had no trouble with damping off the rest of that 
spring.  Last year I used the tea from the very beginning and had no trouble 
at all. So far this year I haven't had any trouble, but I've only started 
parley and onions.

Last year I saw this same solution to damping off mentioned on the organic 
gardening list. I dilute 1 cup of regular strength tea in four and spray a 
little on the soil with a misting bottle. The rest I store in the fridge. 
Sometimes I'm gone for twelve hours at a time so the newly emerging 
seedlings need to be wet enough to survive until I return.

Cate


>From: "M.Haverkamp" <m.haverkamp@chello.nl>
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>Subject: Chamomilae-tea (was: Lights! the rest of the story)
>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 23:13:11 -0000
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> > I also spray them every other day with dilute chamomile tea to avoid
>damping
> > off.
> >
> > Cate Slater
> > Mid-Missouri
> > Zone 5
>
>
>Chamomile-tea? Why?
>
>Marijke from the Netherlands
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