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Originally Posted by NanaNut2
What great ideas. I've tried just about everything to prevent mold and damp off. I even had sterilized the water. Have sterilized seeds either in 10% bleach or 10% peroxide in sterile water, in sterlized soil, in steralized containers. I've scraped excess material off the seeds and scarified. Finally some will sprout, then they get damp off. There used to be a fungicide called damp off. I couldn't find it when looking a week or two ago. I tried lysol spray. What do you all think of that strategy? I know I've gotten the temp right, but maybe not the light.
I have just about figured that it is naturally occuring molds/mildews in our damp northwest. I let others grow the seeds now. But always optimistic, I bought new seed starting mix and perlite. LOL.
NanaNut2
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Damping off is a pretty common problem, and you can use a few different fungicides to attack it. If you have a problem with it, you need to dump that soil in the trash can, sterilize the container or throw it away, and start again fresh. I don't know what to say about using Lysol, lol! Light isn't necessary for germination, but it sure is for seedlings.