Update on seedlings

Sadly, the Mesclun seedlings didn't make it. I'm not sure what went wrong. The tea seemed to do well for the fungus, but in the end I don't think the potting soil drained good enough. Same with some of the Onions. I've got Chinese Chives and Rosemary growing, and they're doing fine. So go figure.

Tea for plants??

Recently hubby and I started some Onion and Mesclun seeds. And I started to notice some mold growing in some of the containers after a couple of days even though we'd provided ventilation.

I've been listening to the Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast and Emma Cooper (*love the girl!!*) said she'd used Chamomile Tea to treat her seedlings, to keep them from wilting. I knew it was an Antibacterial tea to help with all manner of things but I'd never thought much about using it for plants. I decided to steep some up with some Cinnamon and give it a try. I'd also known that Cinnamon was anti fungal and anti bacterial but hadn't thought of brewing a tea to use it before. I'd sprinkled Cinnamon onto pots before like I'd read, but it never worked so I gave up and thought I'd always have to use chemicals to rid plants of fungi.

I steeped one tea bag of Chamomile, and a small muslin bag of aprox. 1 teaspoon of Cinnamon in a normal coffee/tea mug for probably 10 or 15 minutes. Long enough for it to be a deep caramel/red color. I then put it in a misting bottle and sprayed liberally two or three times each day this week. It has worked wonders. The fungi is gone and I have no chemical guilt! Yay!

Cheers!

Nuin