Gardening

[Bartcephus]

Got home tonight and the fungus on the "soil" in my starter tray is running rampant... any ideas????

 

[charlz]

Do you have it covered where it is keeping the humidity real high? Don't really need to keep it covered once the plants come up.

 

[forgeblast]

I had the same problem, I thought if i used a heat lamp i would dry it out.....ended up stressing the seedlings, Next time ill just take off the top or transplant them into bigger containers.
Anyone use floating row covers? i just bought some from farm tek, do you anchor them with landscaping stapes or rocks?
thanks

 

[jinman]

Got home tonight and the fungus on the "soil" in my starter tray is running rampant... any ideas????

I know this is gonna sound a bit far out, but sprinkle cornmeal on the fungus and spray with a bit of milk in a spray bottle. I swear to you both cornmeal and milk have anti-fungus properties. This isn't a recipe for making cornbread for your plants.:laughing:

On Sunday, I hooked up my tiller and tilled my garden for the second time. It was just dry enough to till and even lumped up in a couple of places because of excess water. Because of the wind blowing, it began to dry out immediately and looked beautiful by Sunday evening. Overnight, a rain storm moved through and dropped an inch of rain. Water is standing out there again. Oh well, surely it will dry out soon and I'll be able to get planting done by mid-March.

 

[forgeblast]

thats great jinman, i need to shovel 20'' of snow of my garden before i think about doing that.

 

[Bartcephus]

Thanks for all the replies... I have had the top off several weeks. The humidity doesn't seem excessive. Just this white fungus growing on the starter soil??? Anyway, we are going to try the "cornmeal and milk" recipe and hope that our onions will be breaded when we harvest them. LOL :laughing: Might even make some good fried green tomatos too! :licking:

If that doesn't work... we will try transplanting into bigger containers.

Thanks Folks!!!!:thumbsup:

 

[LRTX1]

Thanks for all the replies... I have had the top off several weeks. The humidity doesn't seem excessive. Just this white fungus growing on the starter soil??? Anyway, we are going to try the "cornmeal and milk" recipe and hope that our onions will be breaded when we harvest them. LOL :laughing: Might even make some good fried green tomatos too! :licking:

If that doesn't work... we will try transplanting into bigger containers.

Thanks Folks!!!!:thumbsup:

Transplanting into bigger containers with fresh soil doesn't sound like a bad idea.

 

[charlz]

Anyone use floating row covers? i just bought some from farm tek, do you anchor them with landscaping stapes or rocks?

I have only used them a few times but when I did I just put dirt along the outside edges. If you want to make hoops to keep the row cover off your plants you can buy a fairly heavy gauge wire at Home Depot pretty cheap. It is with the chainlink fencing and comes in a roll. Just cut pieces long enough to form hoops of the correct height with enough 'leg' to push into the soil.

 

[jinman]

Thanks for all the replies... I have had the top off several weeks. The humidity doesn't seem excessive. Just this white fungus growing on the starter soil??? Anyway, we are going to try the "cornmeal and milk" recipe and hope that our onions will be breaded when we harvest them. LOL :laughing: Might even make some good fried green tomatos too! :licking:

If that doesn't work... we will try transplanting into bigger containers.

Thanks Folks!!!!:thumbsup:

Yeah! Who knew? I grew up thinking that cornbread and milk was only good to eat.

Here's a link to a couple of Dirt Doctor articles about corn gluten meal and milk for reducing fungus and powdery mildew. Notice that the concentration of milk to water is very important.

cornmeal anti-fungus

Milk for Powdery Mildew

 

[jeffinsgf]

Jim,

Just to be clear, I think the corn gluten meal is used primarily as a weed and feed. Fungal control is from whole corn meal.

I'm going to give it a go this year. I had all kinds of fungal infections in my tomatoes last year. I'm going to rake corn meal into my tomato beds now and again just before planting.