Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[CayugaJana]

I sprinkle my seedlings prone to dampening off with cinnamon, it works pretty good.

Thanks for that tidbit. I used some old soil on one of my seedling starts and it’s the only one that looks like it might get moldy. The others look great. I put some cinnamon on it this morning.

 

[CayugaJana]

I have almost 100 beautiful pink azalea cutting that I made about a week ago and they all have new buds too. I’m so excited. I love azaleas but heard they were harder to propagate.

 

[rjohns39]

The coated ones?

Yup...

 

[CapricornFarm]

Ugh, some of my tomato plants look like damping off has set in! Bring on the cinnamon!

 

[rjohns39]

I had to move my squash and cucumbers to new pots last night. It's amazing how fast they go from vibrant new plants to "I need more room to grow."

 

[CayugaJana]

Ugh, some of my tomato plants look like damping off has set in! Bring on the cinnamon!

I did that too yesterday. I’m glad I got on here and started following this thread. It really works!

 

[CayugaJana]

I had to move my squash and cucumbers to new pots last night. It's amazing how fast they go from vibrant new plants to "I need more room to grow."

They really do grow fast. Do you transplant once they get their true leaves or do you play it by ear?

 

[lazy gardener]

I have started some "container" cukes and tomatoes this year. Started them a good month before normal, in the hopes that I can pot them up in big pots, or transplant them directly to the green house beds under a tunnel. Time to start main crop peppers, and more onions. Now that I have the grow lights up and running, I can start more veggie and flower seedlings. Also have a lone sweet potato vine rooting. May let that get some length and then cut it to make 3 more vines!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Ugh, some of my tomato plants look like damping off has set in! Bring on the cinnamon!

And a fan, hopefully you can save them.

I had my tomato plants outside get fungus in their water walls one year because we were having a particular wet spring and I didn't remove the water walls to let the plants air out during the day like I should have.

After a second plant broke off at soil level when I touched it I shoved it back in the soil out of anger and surprise, that tomato plant re-rooted, and went on to be fine, so don't count a tomato plant out too soon.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have started some "container" cukes and tomatoes this year. Started them a good month before normal, in the hopes that I can pot them up in big pots, or transplant them directly to the green house beds under a tunnel. Time to start main crop peppers, and more onions. Now that I have the grow lights up and running, I can start more veggie and flower seedlings. Also have a lone sweet potato vine rooting. May let that get some length and then cut it to make 3 more vines!

Some people plant in 5 gallon buckets with holes drilled in them.