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Re: plants with "pinched" stems die off. What is it?

I've heard of damping-off but have never seen it.  Lucky me, eh?

I have been watering them quite a bit usually in the morning, sometimes in
the evening.

the alstroemeria aka peruvian lily aka inca lily is a flowering plant.
I've seen some of the stems, not all, get effected.  I live in San Jose, CA
which I think is zone 9?  They are potted mature plants that get sun in the
mid morning and shade the rest of the day.
The other plant effected was an icicle radish.  It had 2 leaves then died.

The mornings are cool sometimes cloudy till 11am then pretty hot thru the
rest of the day.  It's in the 90's this week.


>It's called damping-off disease and it's caused by a fungus.  Try
>keeping the soil around the seedling dry, and mulch with a little peat
>moss when you plant the seed.  (I assume you're referring to young
>plants.  If these are older plants, say 3 or more true leaves, then you
>have a different problem that must be diagnosed with more info such as
>your climate, soil conditions and exact plant type.  You mention
>Alstromeria which I assume is some kind of flowering plant.  What are
>the others?)
>
>Steve  (Maritime...)
>
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