I'd forgotten, I'm having a mould problem in the propagator.
I sowed seeds in there Monday, and already today there was some unpleasant pale grey filamenty stuff on the surface of the compost. I guess the warm damp environment is exactly right for fungus. Bastards.
It will kill off the seedlings pretty quick if I don't sort it out. But I don't want to use nasty chemicals, as that's kind of against my organic ideals.
So the thought stuck me, that when Rosey and Basil (hedgehogs) had ringworm, which is a fungal infection, I used neem oil which worked impressively well. So can I use it on plants?
The internet says yes. Especially the many sites I found about growing marijuana.
So that's what I've used, just watered the compost with a dilute solution. I figure it can't hurt anyway, and might save me from having to resort to sulphur compounds.
I do NOT need my seedlings dying on me before I've even got the garden started!
Melford Hall
2 days ago
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Very inventive... I'll be curious as to whether or not it works!
ReplyDeleteWell fingers crossed. It does look a little better, certainly no worse.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I did discover a great clump under some fibre pots today, which I presumably missed. So that got doused as well.
And there are more squash plants coming up which don't seem to care a bit about the mould.