Re: CULT: Damping Off

From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>

We use Perlite in our potting soil to avoid damping off.  Provides adequate
drainage and we never have a damping off problem.
Mike Sutton
----- Original Message -----

> From: Dave Silverberg <sil1812@molalla.net>
>
> Anner, Bill, Walter,et. al:
> A couple of years ago I received a call from Bennett Jones. He seemed to
> be very upset because his newly germinated seedlings were falling over
> and this had never occurred to him before. From his description it did
> indeed sound like damping off. His seedlings were germinated
> out-of-doors rather than in a greenhouse or cold frame with bottom heat.
> I drove to Bennett's with my Terra-Chlor and applied about 3 gallons of
> suspension from a standard watering can. Whether or not damping off was
> the culprit, the TC solved his problem.
> Walter: I suspect you are really wasting your TC by using it as often as
> you do. Would it not be more efficacious to apply it when you water your
> newly germinated seedlings, assuming that you are using a sterile mix
> for potting.? Also, at what concentration are you mixing the TC with
> your potting mix, and how much do you dust on top of the pots?



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