Hermit
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I put the second coat of paint on the kitchen/living room ceiling and painted the ceiling edges. I'm done with flat white ceilings. I think I will take the rest of the day off.
Got my 2nd dose of Pfizer this morning!
Then booked a 1 way plane ticket and two hotels for a road trip at the end of the month. Hubster is leaving sooner, going further (all the way to the Jersey Shore), visiting family... I'm joining him for a portion of the return trip: NOLA to San Diego. Just hope the adult kids a) won't have a party, b) keep the dog fed and walked, c) don't burn down the house while we're gone.
Next year, I will look for pea species that are fungus resistant, and find a way to sterilize the soil. Maybe using sodium percarbonate?
The temperature hit 100F yesterday. The day before, it was 98F. It was 70F a week earlier.
My snap pea plants burned to a crisp due to the heat, and that's not an exaggeration. I tore them down, and put away the trellis frames for next year. The harvest has not been as good as it could have been, and I suspected that the plants suffered from Fusarium fungus root rot. I don't know how to know for sure. I already used good soil from MiracleGro. Next year, I will look for pea species that are fungus resistant, and find a way to sterilize the soil. Maybe using sodium percarbonate?
Look into sterlizing with boiling water or by putting your soil into an oven if your spouse is okay with it.
Did you start them indoors and transplant out or direct sow?
I sowed the peas directly into pots.
I have been doing a lot of research on the Web regarding Fusarium Oxysporum, and have not found any reference to an easy treatment. Fusarium attacks a plant through its root, then moves up through the stem and chokes off its sap flow and kills off the plant. I used fresh potting soil in new pots, and that did not help. There may be spores in the bagged soil already.
I found a research article mentioning a solution of methylbromide and chloropicrin as an effective fungicide, but it looks like availability is limited to commercial growers...
Methyl bromide is an odorless, colorless gas used to control a wide variety of pests in agriculture and shipping, including fungi, weeds, insects, nematodes (or roundworms), and rodents...
Agricultural growers inject methyl bromide about two feet into the ground to sterilize the soil before crops are planted...
Methyl bromide is highly toxic. Studies in humans indicate that the lung may be severely injured by the acute (short-term) inhalation of methyl bromide...
Along with other countries, the United States has phased out production and consumption of methyl bromide with important exceptions for critical uses...
Chloropicrin was manufactured for use as poison gas in World War I. In agriculture, chloropicrin is injected into soil prior to planting a crop in order to fumigate soil. Chloropicrin affects a broad spectrum of fungi, microbes, and insects. It is commonly used as a stand-alone treatment or in combination / co-formulation with methyl bromide and 1,3-Dichloropropene.
Yesterday we drove up to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National park....
I used fresh potting soil in new pots, and that did not help. There may be spores in the bagged soil already.