We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

Author Topic: help I am hopless with this forum and liverwort  (Read 1255 times)

melager

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 105
  • Country: nz
help I am hopless with this forum and liverwort
« on: January 01, 2015, 07:54:59 AM »
Two problems, firstly has any members got any good suggestions for getting rid of liverwort on the vermiculite that I put on my seed trays for the first time this year and its been a major problem.
and secondly I am so new at this forum not sure If I am doing this in the correct part.  HELP

Mel New Zealand

Maggi Young

  • Forum Dogsbody
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44778
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: help I am hopless with this forum and liverwort
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2015, 11:14:01 AM »
Hi Mel, I'll move your thread to the    "Cultivation Problems  " where it may be better placed.  :)

Here is one suggestion from Michael Campbell, one of the many really accomplished growers in the forum:
Are  you are looking for a solution to a liverwort problem? I use Baking powder (Sodium hydrogen carbonate) Mix one teaspoonful with a little very fine sand, sprinkle it over the pots and water it in. Doesn't appear to affect the seedlings, well not here anyway.


You could also try a search of the forum to see if the information you seek is already here . The search button to use is the one fourth from the left in the row of options  show a near the top of every forum page.

From such a search, for instance, we find there is  one thread with liverwort in the title :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4636.0   and two pages of results from mentions of liverwort in other threads, All sorts of remedies are mentioned - Epsom Salts, vinegar, potassium permanganate ( doesn't work for us!)  and so on .....
We don't use vermiculite so I don't know about  liverwort in that specifically.

Also, as well as the official Help button which assists with general info on the use of this SMF forum  - there are more notes specific to the SRGC forum here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2.0
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

melager

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 105
  • Country: nz
Re: help I am hopless with this forum and liverwort
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2015, 03:06:24 AM »
Hi Maggi and Micheal  thanks for the help with liverwart and the forum, all very helpfull

Anthony Darby

  • Bug Buff & Punster
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9647
  • Country: nz
Re: help I am hopless with this forum and liverwort
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2015, 06:00:47 AM »
Liverwort like damp, so a depth of gravel may help, as it dries out but the compost a centimetre below will still be moist.
Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"
http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/Choir/The-Choir.html

Maggi Young

  • Forum Dogsbody
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44778
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: help I am hopless with this forum and liverwort
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2015, 12:48:05 PM »
A pal in Hampshire, Paddy H. has just posted  ( on facebook) this link to a page on Harry Jans' site  on liverwort tips  http://www.jansalpines.com/en/11/rockgarden.html
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

 


Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal