Propagation: Propagation: part XIV based on my own experience, 1 by Pughbear7

Pughbear7 wrote:
here is a pic of the dianthus seedlings. they are ready to go into a larger pot. I tend to leave these alone and let them grow as they want to. The roots ar filling the soil area with nice white and fuzzy with root hairs. Microrhyzae are tiny fungi present in this area and they aid in the plants absorption of nutrients. I shoot for this look on all my plugs.
If you pull a plant out of a pot and it smells bad kind of like something is rotting, it is. the roots are rotting and most likely are being attacked by one of the soil borne disease's. I try to target the soil borne diseases when I am trying to clean up this issue.
Most of the soil borne diseases are oprotunistic. They are there just waiting for the plant to be weak or stressed in some way. By keeping our plants well fed and propely watered. I hope this all makes sense
Dave