March marks the moment when gardens wake up, but fungi wake up too. Damp soil, melting frost, chilly nights, and bursts of daytime warmth create a dream environment for plant diseases that thrive on ...

Find out what damping off disease is and how to protect your seedlings from it. Bloomberg Creative / Getty Images Damping off is a common plant disease that affects seed germination rates and can ...

Growing your own transplants from seeds is a very satisfying experience which can save you money, too. However, it is not without its problems. Just about every gardener who has started plants from ...

A tray full of perfect green sprouts can collapse overnight. Stems pinch at the soil line, leaves flop, and what looked like a promising start turns into a soggy mess. Grow lights glow overhead, ...

If seedlings in vegetable gardens are falling over or not emerging, they may be infected with a fungal disease called damping off. This is a disease caused by fungi that infect young seedlings of all ...

The plant parasite species Pythium lurks in virtually every agricultural field and commonly causes damping-off, which weakens or kills seeds or seedlings, and root and stem rot, which can kill plants.