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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:40:04 -0500

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:56:02 -0500, MAsteveINE wrote:
> Are you sure that there is part of the stems eaten...as in missing.....or
>are
> the stems just cut off at ground level. If it is the latter, it is probably
> damp-off which is prevented with an application of Captan.  Or by heat
> treating the soil and bleaching the containers.
>


The lower half inch of the stem is left standing upright, the rest is gone.
No thinned stems, no wilting or other signs of infection.

> Smart move, that pre-test!

Whatever smartness derived from making a couple bone-headed mistakes in the
same department last year.

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






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