Article 22831 of rec.gardens:
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Subject: [ DAMPING OFF aka DAMP OF
From: jim.mcnelly@gcbb.granite.mn.org (Jim Mcnelly)
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Date: Sun, 19 Sep 93 19:52:00 +0600
Organization: Granite City BBS 612-654-8372 hst 656-0678 v.32bis
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An32959@Anon.Penet.Fi to All - Sunday, September 19th:
Discussing: [ DAMPING OFF aka DAMP OF


A>Hello!

A>  Can anyone offer any advice on the prevention of DAMPING OFF?
 >  (other than the scrubbing of pans and pots in soapy water, then
 >   soaking them in bleach, and cooking soil for quite a long time)
 >  Is Captan effective, if so what method should be used with it.
 >  Also any other advice and criticism is very welcome!

Dr. Harry Hoitink in Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University branch
of OARDC in Wooster, has documented that the best *prevention* of
damping off, fusarium in particular, is the use in the soil mixture of
fully cured compost.

His research which was first published in 1973 is so well documented
that fusarium suppression is not a means of determining compost
stability. The absence of humus, such as soilless mixtures, or the
presence of immature compost, is the proper environment for fusarium
development.

To prevent fusarium, add up to 30% fully cured compost to the soil
mixture. Guaranteed, no fusarium or damping off.

Jim  Mr Compost~~~ McNelly

Granite Cities BBS 612-654-8372-HST 654-0678 v.32bis

e-mail jim.mcnelly@granite.mn.org
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