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

Ran D wrote:
> 
> 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...)
> >
> >
The radishes were certainly killed by damping-off.  Probably not the
lily, although it sounds like some kind of fungus there, too.  Try
bottom-watering instead of top.

Steve  (Maritime...)
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