Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: melager on January 01, 2015, 07:54:59 AM
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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
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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 (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 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2.0)
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Hi Maggi and Micheal thanks for the help with liverwart and the forum, all very helpfull
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Liverwort like damp, so a depth of gravel may help, as it dries out but the compost a centimetre below will still be moist.
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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 (http://www.jansalpines.com/en/11/rockgarden.html)