Preventing Damping Off

This is the time of year where I have multiple trays and pots of started seeds in various stages from just planted to just emerging to seedling and young plants. There is nothing more frustrating than to see damping off go through a carefully cared for seed tray. Damping off is a fungal infection that affects seeds before germination or young seedlings. The very conditions of warm and wet that

Avoiding Plant Stress

Just as with humans, any factor whether external or internal that affects a plant is known as a stressor. The stressor can be beneficial or harmful or both. For example, rhinovirus causes the common cold in humans which can be harmful if a secondary infection sets in. At the same time the common cold helps to strengthen the immune system which is beneficial. The same is true in plants.