In article <20080421-114945.859.0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Pat Kiewicz <kiewicz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> David said:
>
> >Hey Pat,
> >
> >Do you know of any organic safe fungicides which will cure Phytophera
> >(root root) ?
>
> Well, this is more a prevention rather than cure situtuation.
>
> Streptocmyces (Mycostop brand-name) can work against some types
> of root rots.
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/4dxuwh
(links to the following)
> http://www.groworganic.com/item_PFM1302_Mycostop_Biofungicide_5_Gr
> am_Pac.html?welcome=T&theses=2659964
>
> Copper fungicides can be used in organic gardening, but I don't know
> how well they would work as soil drenches vs. root rots.
> >
> >Also, I find that some of the well draining soil that I use for palm
> >trees may not hold water well enough for pepers. I have been using a
> >cheap top-soil type product (sandy and mucky). I guess I should mix
> >the two ? The palm soil has a lot of saw dust, small mulch,
> >vermiculite, and florida peat (just a bit of sand).
>
> With pepper plants, I think you would be much, much better off
> with a standard peat- or coir-based planting mix. (There are
> commercial mixes available now that are innoculated with
> mycorrhizal and/or other beneficial fungi, plus compost.)
>
> I confess to the, er, extravagence of mail-ordering my transplant mix
> each year these days, as what's available locally is sometimes strange
> (tiny stryrofoam balls?!) and occasionally catastrophically bad (mixed
> with unfinished compost), especially early in the season, or else it's
> Miracle Grow brand (with the brightly colored whatsisses in it so
> you know it has been Miracle-ized).
> >
> >Is it safe to plant a bunch of pepper seeds like this in one big
> >pot? I have only been planting one seed per 1 gallon container. Is
> >it good to seperate them like this?
>
> It's better to plant seeds in small containers and pot them up as
needed.
> Oversized pots often result in plants being over watered, setting you
> up for root rots. The top of the pot, where your tiny plant is, dries
out,
> while down below the soil is saturated and stagnant.
>
> I start my peppers in small peat pellets, 2-3 seeds per pellet, then
> transplant into 4" pots, then either into the ground or into gallon
> sized pots or bigger pots. (The bigger pots are for really ornamental
> varieties, where they are combined with other ornamental, edible
plants.)
> >
> >Thanks for your help!
>
> You're welcome. Just paying it forward.
I used Mycostop in an effort to combat damping-off, to no effect. The
product says it is effective for treating seeds and soil in advance of
germination. I placed my plants outside (Here on the northern west coast
we have had a cool spring which I think also helped my plants survive
the damping-off.), and a week after treatment, there was no change in
the mold's mycelium. Then I treated the damping-off with chamomile tea,
and cinnamon, re-potted to larger pots. Yes, I was successful and all
but one of the 60+ plants survived.
--
Billy
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0svwMdY&feature=related
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