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  • From: Robert Farr <rbfarr AT erols.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Tomato transplants damping off-in the field!
  • Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 20:06:57 -0400


For damping off (or rotting of the stems) use Chamomille Tea.
Directions on my web site. URL is below. Look in the "Organic Farm"
section.

Also try a tea made of stinging nettle - the disadvantage being you need
to prepare this about a month in advance.

Take a 5 gallon pail and stuff it full of nettles - leaves, stalks,
flowers, etc. Fill to the brim with water, them cover. Leave outside.
In about a month, it should be ready to use. You'll know when it's
ready as the water is a very deep red, and it will have stained your
bucket. Dilute with 50% water, and pour around plants. Nettle is a
very effective anti-fungal.

BTW, you should not plant into an area which is has decomposing plant
matter - for all sorts of reasons!

Good luck!

--
Robert Farr
(540) 668-7160
The Chile Man

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