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Originally Posted by habitat_gardener
I sprinkle cinnamon on the surface of the soil after I've planted the seeds. Cinnamon is an antifungal.
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Just noting that years ago when I was still posting in the AOL tomato Forum the subject of cinnamon came up as a way to discourage damping off.
it really depends on the mix being used for seed starting, artifical mix being the best b'c it has few to no spores for the three genera and species known to be involved in damping off, but one of the persons posting offered to do some controlled studies with cinnamon using different seed starting media and different brands of cinnamon.
She planted the same tomato seeds for all the studies she did and had controls for every one of them and her conclusion was that cinnamon, while yes, being known to be an anti-fungal was not effective in preventing damping off.
Garlic is also an anti-fungal and I have yet to see anyone saying they saturated their planting mix with garlic juice.
