Fusarium, My Experience

hampster said:

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"Im calling bullshit on this until we see actual pics of mold or proof of an infection. It sounds more like your plants are suffering from nutrient deficiencies or something like that, not mold."


"Yeah, it's nutrient deficiency allright, due to clogging of the xylem and a massive effort by the plants to keep sprouting new roots to replace the rotting and dying ones...

Dude, I had VERY succesful grows for 3-4 years before this struck, and had developed a system of aerated organic fertilizers ran drain to waste in 3,5 gallon pots with 30% perlite in the media.

My plants were litterary supercharged, and always stayed a lush green until harvest. And a 2 weeks vegged clone topped for 8-10 colas of equal height, typically yielded 120-150 grams of premium bud under a 600 hps. 4 clones under each lamp.

And my clones rooted as fast as you've ever seen, 3 days from potting to visible sprouting is my record in that department, and I had a very close to 100% success rate with them.

Growing weed is easy once you get the basics down.

But I haven't seen a healthy plant for 8 years due to this shit. Call bullshit all you want, but I am NOT an idiot...

This problem is severe, devastating, virtually unbeatable, and it is spreading."

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fearnoevil said:

Well if you read the article it states that while not common, they may be an opportunistic pathogen which enters via an existing injury.

Among the causal agents of non-dermatophytic onychomycosis, a number of Fusarium species viz., F. solani, F. oxysporum, F. proliferatum and F. moniliforme have been reported. [2]

Notibly F.oxysporum is a known cause of Fusarium in cannabis, so it's worth noting this. From what I gleaned, it seems the more you handle various soils and organic amendments, the more likely you are to come in contact with these pathogens, ergo organic farmers beware, make sure you wash your hands well and don't go barefoot in your garden.

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KhanTheOG said:

So are farmers using heavy salt nutrients safer from getting fusarium infections?

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WestAussie said:

I never accused him of lying about it! Maybe there's something else going wrong. Maybe there are a whole panoply of reasons/causes for his failures of late. I find it hard to believe that he is the only one being haunted like this by a single species of fungus. What about neighbours? What about fellow growers in his area? Or in the former area he grew in? Surely if this fungus and it's associated spores is so resilient and seemingly impervious to control methods then others around him or in contact with him would also be suffering the same blight?! It affects many herbacious plants. There would be evidence of it not just in his grows. Is there any? These are things one needs to establish before jumping to a single causal conclusion.

Did he wash all his materials down with 70% ethanol? Like everything! Did he chuck all his gear, buy new stuff? Does it affect hydro grown plants as well as soil planted meterial? There are so many variables. If it is indeed such a menace then I'm sure you'd hear more about it on these pages than you do about spider mites.... You dig?

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