Hair-like Fungus popping up?

Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:02 pm

I mixed some organic fertilizer and potting soil together to start some seedlings and I am seeing these random hair-like things pop-up in some of my starters here and there. Roughly an inch long, thin as hair with a tiny ball at the top. Not many - just one or two per in^2. I've been removing them all as they pop-up and spraying with Chamomile tea to minimize damping off. Is there something else I can put down to minimize this hair-like fungus stuff?

somegeek

Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:30 am

I just recently found out on this forum that cinnamon works well against fungus. I just sprinkled it on the soil that my seedlings are in. Be careful though, it did seem to burn some of the leaves that got sprinkled with it.

Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:04 pm

Crazy - yesterday I read the same and dusted my tray with it. These have all but stopped popping up. I used a small paintbrush to dust the seedling foilage that it did get on. Think I might do this out of habit when potting up new seed starters. Ground cinnamon is pretty cheap from the bulk isle.

Thanks for the reply.

somegeek