Re: CULT: Damping off of Seedlings

From: HIPSource@aol.com

In a message dated 2/13/00 12:37:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, BILLS@hsc.edu 
writes:

<< All my seedlings are started in packaged sterile mix in a greenhouse, with 
bottom heat. >>

They take very well to starting in vermiculite as well, and it is a simple 
matter of lifting them out of the stuff and repotting when they are about an 
inch or so tall and have exhausted the food in their seeds. Can't leave them 
in there forever since there isn't anything in the medium for them to eat, 
but, boy, do you get some fine root systems, and they are totally undamaged 
when you lift them out. For working with little seedlings with little root 
systems I find fine bamboo barbecue skewers very valuable. They are also 
useful for stabbing slugs. 

Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com


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