Root rot.

beeman · August 15, 2012

I have lost my usual amount of plants again this year, about 60% gone, even though I dusted the seed with Trichoderma, didn't make any difference.
Today I carefully dug down to find the roots I planted deep, up to first leaf. There was nothing there, the root ball had gone. All I had to support the plant was roots formed higher up the stem. Obviously the Trichoderma was a waste of time as these roots didn't get any treatment to prevent the wilts.The lower stem was brown and rotted off.
Would anyone have experience in preventing root rot?

August 15, 2012	#1
beeman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 692	Root rot. I have lost my usual amount of plants again this year, about 60% gone, even though I dusted the seed with Trichoderma, didn't make any difference. Today I carefully dug down to find the roots I planted deep, up to first leaf. There was nothing there, the root ball had gone. All I had to support the plant was roots formed higher up the stem. Obviously the Trichoderma was a waste of time as these roots didn't get any treatment to prevent the wilts.The lower stem was brown and rotted off. Would anyone have experience in preventing root rot?