Hee Hee ! What a Stink!

nutsaboutflowers

16 years ago

For those of you with good memories, I've posted a few things recently about starting from seed.

One post was about using cinnamon for damping off.

Well I used it and it smelled wonderful.

I think my soil was overwatered and one of my babies toppled over.

So, since I had no tea, and Doug Green's website said to use garlic water, I did that a few hours ago.

I just checked my seedlings.......

Cinnamon and Garlic ! What a smell ! LOL LOL

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Comments (3)

xtreme_gardener
16 years ago
I don't think i'll be cooking with that combination anytime soon...LOL
posieh
16 years ago
Really ? Do cinnamon or garlic work? I mean really???? Do you sprinkle it or work it in? Interesting.
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nutsaboutflowers
Original Author
16 years ago
Well, from what I've read, they really do work. Either I didn't get damping off, or it worked. I think I did get it on the one seedling, as I saw fungus growing at it's base. I sprinkled more cinnamon and then did the garlic remedy, too.

To begin with, I sprinkled cinnamon all over the top of the soil before the seeds germinated and added more here and there after that when I thought it might need it.

For the garlic, I did what Doug Green on his simplegiftsfarm.com said to do. Crush several garlic cloves into about an inch or so of simmering water in a saucepan. Simmer for a few minutes and then cool to lukewarm and water your seedlings with it. It stinks, but worked for me =:) Garlic is a natural fungicide.