Heat stress - beware - Charcoal rot - aka Macrophomina phaseolina

rampen08........add more wind to get the heat out faster...thats the way to do it mate. just get out the heat and add cooler air, and be sure the hood is air cooled.....if not, probs probs probs........

dont overhydrate as this creates all sorts of probs. be sure to water right BEFORE the light goes off so the food doesnt evaporate in the light........thats one way to help

and get mollasses. supposed to help taste......doin first time....let ya know in a few weeks how the trunout is.....


any other suggestions?

Antny420 said:

HEAT not hotness

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Didn't know there was a difference......

Anyways

I'm not sure about the gnats or their larvae because I've only had problems with charcoal rot and another fungus when a moth larvae bored a hole and metamorphisized inside the stalk, that plant was then weakened and succombed to fungus, ANYBODY USE MILK AS AN ANTIFUNGAL ADDITIVE WHEN WATERING??!!!

tuxedotoker said:

For the east coast, this weather were having is roasting. It hit 100deg in the shop yesterday! It will be the same today I'm geussing. I've been watering my crop a little bit every nigh(dusk) to prevent the plants from frying. They seem to be loving the hottness. Me on the other hand am not!

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I don't know for sure, but I would imagine you'd be better off watering in the early a.m. (dawn) rather than dusk. I have been in landscaping for 10 years and we always advise watering sod and shrubs then. Watering at dusk allows the water to sit too long and then causes root rot. Watering in the early a.m. lets plants get what they need and the sun then takes care of the rest. If this is not also true for weed forgive me.

Yea, eArly in the morning would be better. Dusk is the only time I can get out there. Should of
clarified that. You are correct aaces. It looks like the hot spell is just about over and here comes the rain!