MendoGiantZ
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Hey everyone.. So every year for the last three years I have had about 5 percent of my plants get stalk rot.. Im not sure exactly what its from but here are a couple things I think are part of the problem....
1. Burying the stalk a tiny bit to deep and having wet soil around the green healthy part of the stalk. (i really tried to not bury the stalks this year but it happened on some)
2. My method of watering.. I have been hand watering every year and my fiances mom does it.. She isn't very careful and often times leaves the hose on each pot and lets it get a massive amount of water and also waters it heavily right at the base of the stalk. ( we are setting up a drip system as we speak..)
3. I think it might be something in my soil.. The guy at the organic tea shop said a lot of the unhealthy parasites can actually be living in the soil.. (not sure about this one but it kinda makes since)
4 Over watering..
Any advice would be appreciated... I have been digging any excess dirt from around the stalk and getting rid of it.. I use Mad farmers super potent hydrogen peroxide to spray once i find any rot... It just sucks having massive plants get it and start to die.. :(
1. Burying the stalk a tiny bit to deep and having wet soil around the green healthy part of the stalk. (i really tried to not bury the stalks this year but it happened on some)
2. My method of watering.. I have been hand watering every year and my fiances mom does it.. She isn't very careful and often times leaves the hose on each pot and lets it get a massive amount of water and also waters it heavily right at the base of the stalk. ( we are setting up a drip system as we speak..)
3. I think it might be something in my soil.. The guy at the organic tea shop said a lot of the unhealthy parasites can actually be living in the soil.. (not sure about this one but it kinda makes since)
4 Over watering..
Any advice would be appreciated... I have been digging any excess dirt from around the stalk and getting rid of it.. I use Mad farmers super potent hydrogen peroxide to spray once i find any rot... It just sucks having massive plants get it and start to die.. :(