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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] white cottony mold
  • Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:54:09 -0500

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:52:12 -0600, kathleen timperley wrote:
> I have a wite cottony mold on the tops of my seeding trays of peppers. My
> first concern is will my pepper seeds, planted 6 days ago, still come up?
>How
> do I prevent this in the furture?
> I use thermostacally controlled heat mats and they dry out during the day
> while I am at my other job. Do I let the trays sit in water? Do I top water
> twice a day and hope for the best?

Sory if this is way off the mark, but could that "mold" actually be salts
crusting on the soil? I got some of that in soil blocks of Johnny's mix, from
water wicking up from the bottom on the heat mat.

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Richard Robinson
http://www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/






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