Re: HYB: Should I start panicking?
- Subject: Re: HYB: Should I start panicking?
- From: p*
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:02:13 -0000
I've seen no damping off either in my iris seeds, but I moved them
straight from the fridge to the outdoors, where they've been open to
the air.
I finally solved the persistent damping off problem with seeds sown
inside by finally going against the general instructions to cover the
sown moistened pots tightly with plastic wrap or worse until
germination. I next tried waxed paper, set loosely on the pots so
air could still circulate. That's done pretty well. But when I have
lots of pots sown as I do now, I don't cover anything, just check
them each morning and moisten as needed. Not a speck of mold.
Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8/9
--- In iris-talk@y..., storylade@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 2/22/2002 6:12:50 AM Central Standard Time,
> wmoores@w... writes:
>
> << Hope you got some terrachlor to sprinkle on the tops of the pots
> to prevent damping off. >>
>
> Walter,
>
> I've never lost even one iris seedling to dampening off. I've
always started
> my seed outdoors and connected dampening off with indoor
seedlings. I've had
> so much trouble with it indoors (combined with low sunshine
availability)
> that I've given up trying to start tomatoes indoors.
>
> Now watch me lose lots of seedlings to it THIS year . . .what you
don't know
> can't hurt you? ;-}
>
> Betty from BG KY USA Zone 6
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