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Waite

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Well, with all the rain and odd weather, not to mention seedlings were a bit crowded when still indoors, it appears as though I'm experiencing damping off. Lost so far are two Early Fortune Cucumbers and a muskmelon which have all bee replaced by direct sowing. It looks like there's a banana pepper and a Chicago Pickling cucumber ready to go as well.

When I get home I'm going to try a home brew garlic anti-fungal mist. Anyone have any other ideas, it's be appreciated.
 
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Correctly identified. Decided on a root/soil treatment of garlic tea and a mist of chamomile. Pulled the pepper, which is too late to restart, and a pickling cucumber, which was replanted. I am out of chicago pickling, so I bought some national pickling.
 
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If you insist on trying to be 'organic', spray with a copper-based fungicide & quit screwing around... It doesn't get more organic than using copper as it is an element, LOL!!!
 
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I have some, bought it for powdery mildew. Neem oil works better.

I am not an organic gardener, I am an old school gardener. Plus I'm cheap. And, I couldn't find a recommendation for the copper on such young plants.

Treatment done, we'll see what happens.
 
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w_r_ranch said:
It doesn't get more organic than using copper as it is an element, LOL!!!
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Come on Ranch, you know this. Copper is an element and is inorganic. Organics are long chains of carbon which may have some attached oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen (or a few others). Common examples of organic molecules include table sugar, petroleum products, propane, methane, propane, and a whole group we know of as vinyl. Not sure I should apologize for this or not...
 
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Mr_Yan said:
Come on Ranch, you know this. Copper is an element and is inorganic. Organics are long chains of carbon which may have some attached oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen (or a few others). Common examples of organic molecules include table sugar, petroleum products, propane, methane, propane, and a whole group we know of as vinyl. Not sure I should apologize for this or not...
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Apologize for what? My first thought was: "Crude oil is organic, doesn't necessarily mean I want it on my plants!"

Everything looks good this morning. No new problems, all of the stem are sturdy, nothing wilted.
 
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Mr_Yan said:
Come on Ranch, you know this. Copper is an element and is inorganic. Organics are long chains of carbon which may have some attached oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen (or a few others). Common examples of organic molecules include table sugar, petroleum products, propane, methane, propane, and a whole group we know of as vinyl. Not sure I should apologize for this or not...
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Certainly no need to apologize. We all know that the basic definition of organic gardening is gardening without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Since copper (like sulfur) is a naturally occurring element, it is widely considered an 'organic' fungicide (even in Europe, which is notoriously mentally challenged).
 
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Kinda out of my hands, they're outside!
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If they are outside get a clear plastic bottle and cut the bottom off and stick it in the soil about a half inch deep and take the top off for oxygen and its like a mini greenhouse.


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