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- From: "Pat Jackowsky" <3littlepigsmkt AT bellsouth.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] soil fungus problem
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:47:59 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
Nan,
We are also plagued every year with the same problem. I came upon the
following website and tried what seemed the quickest and easiest solution of
adding lime to one area. It really worked wonders for that bed, maybe sheer
luck I don't know but that was the only area that we had no problems last
year. So, this year we are going to lime everything. I don't remember the
ratio we put down, will have to ask my husband and let you know if you are
interested in going that route. But, check out the site.
http://www.cbwinfo.com/Biological/PlantPath/SR.html
Pat
-------Original Message-------
From: Nan Johnson
Date: 01/13/05 11:03:05
To: marketfarming
Subject: [Market-farming] soil fungus problem
Faced the prospect of adding commercial fungicides to 36 raised beds here at
my research medicinal plant garden (as well as adding it to all the potting
soil needed for over 300 pots for transplants and all the germination flats)
I am appealing to y'all for help:
We are infected with Sclerotium rolfsii.
Is there any less toxic, and/or more biological fungicide that works as a
preventative soil amendment (as opposed to using once plants are attacked)
Last summer, we tried beneficial nemotodes in all the beds where we were
already noting plant death due to Sclerotium rolfsii. For whatever reasons,
with repeated checkings through the summer, we could find NO evidence of any
colonization of these nemotodes, so the botanist in charge is reluctant to
go that route again.
There may be other non-beneficial fungi present, but this is the only one we
have positively identified. It has been a problem on and off in the garden
for years.
Though we buy new potting soil each year, the botanist also figures that it
will become contaminated just from air borne spores, etc. so wants to treat
that as well as all the outdoor garden beds.
ANYTHING less toxic, even if still "chemical" is welcome, as we are not
certified organic and do not go by OMRI standards, but nevertheless wish to
lend as little support to Monsanto and its ilk as possible!!!
thanks, nan in north mississippi
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[Market-farming] soil fungus problem,
Nan Johnson, 01/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] soil fungus problem, Pat Jackowsky, 01/13/2005
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