Re: Wilted leaves
Brian,
You should have your lights at least 8" away from the top of the plants.
Too much water? Sounds like it. I hope that you are using a good peat lite
mix which is a lot more forgiving than regular soil. With the plant all
wilted and droopy, it sounds more like a water issue that could be causing
pythium. The only way to treat for pythium is using subdue or another
fungicide that controls pythium. Back off on the watering, keep the lights
on 16 hours a day and maybe the plants will recover. In case needed, I
would start some back up plants immediately.
Russ
Southeast WI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian" <brian@landreville.org>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:58 AM
Subject: Wilted leaves
> I started my seeds about 10 days ago. My 702 Gould is growing like crazy.
The
> original leaves are about 3 inches across along with the 1st true leaf. I
have
> it in a 2 gallon pot under grow lights in my basement. The soil temp is
about
> 70 degrees. This morning all 3 leaves seemed wilted. I know the soil is
> extremely wet (I watered too much a few days ago, but it was doing fine
till
> this morning). All I can think of it maybe was too close to the lights.
(it
> could have been 1-2 inches, it grows faster then I can raise the lights) I
> turned off the lights and the leaves perked right back up. Does this sound
> reasonable? Is it bad to leave lights on 24-7? Do I need to worry about
the
> wet soil? Any advice will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian in Seattle
>
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