Tomatoville® Gardening Forums


Notices

New to growing your own tomatoes? This is the forum to learn the successful techniques used by seasoned tomato growers. Questions are welcome, too.

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old March 11, 2012   #1
troad
Tomatovillian™
 
troad's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Des Moines, WA.
Posts: 358
Default Damping Off

RSG,
As I said in Carolyn's thread "Germination/Updates(2012); My Seed Offer"

Good advice regarding plastic bags etc. with heat mats.
Usually I just put started seeds on top of the refrigerator. It is warmer than room temperature by a little. No problems. Usually get sprouts in 6 or 7 days.
Using the heat mat this year I had a Brandywine Croatia (thank you Ray N) sprout in 2 days.
Rushed plants into the cooler garage as some were getting leggy. Things went downhill from there. Interesting that some of the PL plants were not affected very much. Some of the PL types like Ben Gantz went down just as quick as some of the others. The best survivors are Stump of the World X Bear Claw crosses.

I have several plants that are in various stages of decline. I sorted them from least to most damage. And have sprayed all with a 10 to 1 mix of peroxide and water.
It appears to have helped and this morning I found 2 of the most damaged plants to have given up. The rest seem to look as they were when I sorted them Friday.

I need some advice on keeping the plants or starting over. Have the damaged plants been set back to much or do I hang on and let these tough little plants show their durability? I keep thinking the potting mix maybe part of the problem but I have never had this happen before. The plants have their root structure so I keep thinking they will make it now.
Any ideas?

Len
__________________
There's a fine line between gardening and madness.
troad is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:46 AM.


★ Tomatoville® is a registered trademark of Commerce Holdings, LLC ★ All Content ©2022 Commerce Holdings, LLC ★