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Re: Gradual Damping Off?



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> From: Chavez, Tim A <Tim.Chavez@Wichita.BOEING.com>
> To: 'Seeds List-Propagation' <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
> Subject: RE: Gradual Damping Off?
> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 10:58 PM
> 
> Alaiyo, I could call myself an expert at damping off, because I seem to
> have the ability to induce it better than anybody I have met. Not
> because I've become adept at avoiding it. But let me share my recent
> experience with you.
> 
> I have seen it happen overnight and I have seen seedlings struck by it
> last a month and just get more and more hopeless looking. Did you see
> any really fine fuzz on the plants or on the roots? You can't always see
> it though, but you can count on it if they stay in the seedling stage
> for too long. It has taken me too long to learn to be sterile and always
> germinate in sterile potting medium. So far so good this year if I don't
> overwater.
> 
> To deal with the high tendency to damp off in my musty basement, I have
> gotten very good at keeping my equipment sterile, bleach dips, new soil,
> ...etc.
> and I use the covered mini greenhouses for germination. When I see a
> "bloom" of the fuzzy white fungus, I scoop the whole plant, label, or
> clump of dirt and wash it down the drain. As soon as most of a flat is
> germinated I remove the cover and make sure the room has a small amount
> of air movement. Oh, and the Gnats had to go, I think they spread it.
> Wooden markers bloom fuzz even after bleaching. When I water, I try to
> water from underneath [flats in trays]. Some seedlings need to be misted
> though.
> You probably didn't get any takers on your question previously because
> we're all busy planting, covering and buying supplies. Damping off is a
> common affliction. Then again, I don't know  V. Bonariensis from a V.
> Dogbonensis  ;-)
> 
> Tim Chavez  z6 Wichita, Kansas  
> Crocus and Anemones are blooming. Pyrethrum, Aquilegia, and Platycodon
> are sending up their first shoots under the thin leaf mulch. 4 flats of
> seedlings have my sap running high and fast. A friend gave me some soil
> called Baccto-dark and it works great!  Snow is coming tonight so I'll
> be mulching again.  
> 
> > Hi Folks,
> > I had no takers for my question about the Verbena Bonariensis
> > seedlings with
> > "hunchbacked" or bending stems.  Consequently, I assumed they were
> > damping off
> > and threw them out.  I thought damping off happened suddenly (not sure
> > because
> > I've never experienced it).  Can damping off be gradual?  Is that what
> > happened to my seedlings?  I really, really would like to know.
> > Thanks.  
> > Alaiyo Barnes
> > Zone 7B
> > Southern Maryland
> > yes, it sounds like damping off.  when we have rainy weather the soil
stays damp and does not dry out....do not over water seedlings and install
a small box fan.  this will help the air movement, and dry the soil. use a
well drained soil and bottom heat. this will help as much as anything for
this problem...good luck    christain   blondeey@hotmail.com
>
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