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Damping off   /dˈæmpɪŋ ɔf/   Listen
Damping off

noun
1.
A plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture.



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... place them, when dry, in an inch or so of water (as described for seed sowing) and let them soak up what they need, or until the surface of the soil becomes moist. This does the job more evenly and thoroughly than it can be done from the surface, and is also a safeguard against damping off, that dreaded disease of seedlings which is likely to carry away your whole sowing in one day—a decaying of the stem just at ...
— Gardening Indoors and Under Glass • F. F. Rockwell


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