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water Watering with Chamomile

cheezydemon

cheezydemon

I had read on thechileman.org and also had heard some other places about the benefits of chamomile tea for seedlings.

It is supposed to aid sprouting and have some sort of bacteria and or fungus repressing traits.

I saw "chamomile" on one of my wife's tea boxes and of course I immediately tossed it in a watering can with some warm water and proceeded to water everything in sight with it.

I noticed after the fact that it also had mint, rose hips, and a bunch of other stuff too, which I immediately assumed would have some anti sprouting traits.

Within 8 hours some naga morich seeds from SLINTER (THANKS!)
came right up. It very well could be a coincidence.

Any one else use this?
 
I used it to soak the seeds! As you said it represses fungi/bacteria, that is the main reason for soaking the seeds at all for me. I wouldn't soak them just to make them germinate a day or two earlier.

If you wanna keep on using it, I'd recommend getting some pure chamonille, not a mix.
 
I was just reading an article on fungus control and here are some natural and/or plant-based fungicides that they mention: Black Elder, Tansy, Field horsetail, Tomato, horseradish, Mouse-ear-cress, hot peppers, apple cider vinegar, molasses, seaweed, potato starch, baking soda, wood ashes, bleach, dairy products, H202 (Hydrogen peroxide), salt, talcum, and even diluted healthy urine.
 
Most of you probably know this, but just a reminder: not all fungus is bad. One of the advantages of the Pro-Mix that Potawie likes so much is that it has beneficial fungi in it. Some fungi are necessary for the normal composting of the organic material we are encouraged to incorporate into our soil.
 
Pam said:
Most of you probably know this, but just a reminder: not all fungus is bad. One of the advantages of the Pro-Mix that Potawie likes so much is that it has beneficial fungi in it. Some fungi are necessary for the normal composting of the organic material we are encouraged to incorporate into our soil.
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Which brings up a point....does peroxide kill "all" fungi?
 
No fungi is better than bad fungi, but I see your point. I wanted to see if it helped with germination.

And I was unclear, I apologize! The seeds had been in soil for about a week and just happened to pop up (and a lot sooner than expected) after the application of....chamomile potpouri tea. MAY VERY WELL HAVE BEEN COINCIDENCE!
 
A little point about us, Brazilian

Here in Brazil most of the clileheads use this chamomile tea to acelerate the sprout of the seeds and we have been using this because people use to store their seeds for more than an year and so, the seeds start a sleep like a bear and when you let the seeds in this chamomile tea, it helps the seeds to wake up from their sleep, see in my thread (brito's pepper 2008 plantation) some example.
http://picasaweb.google.com.br/britopepper/PlantaO200804?authkey=XFB7JXZOabc
 
Kinda like your first cup of coffee in the morning huh....
 
Talked me into it

I got some chamomile (not in tea-bags but the dried flowers and leaves). Layed some carribean red and cayenne seeds on a seed starter mix and covered with layer of vermiculite. Then watered them with the chamomile.
If it seems to help, then I will make sure to grow a little chamomile in the garden this year!!;)
 
colloidal silver would be helpful to control mildew,it is easy to make and can be sprayed over plants ,goggle for colloidal silver it is very powerful
regards
Andy
 
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