The Sequel

Come on in, meet my fungus. So I thought maybe this year I wouldn't have to deal as much with this particular plague, as rain has been pretty scarce. However, here it is again, even after all my precautions of bleaching my container and sterilizing soil, etc., etc.

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Now I've been pondering this problem of Attack of the Killer Fungus, Part Two, for the last week and have pinpointed my mistake. I had half a bag of leftover mulch from last season and so I used it on my tomatoes and peppers. I took a good look at my planters and realized that the fungus came from the mulch. I never even gave it a thought that after having sat in the garage for a few months the mulch may have fungus on it, but it did. So, okay, important lesson number two learned this year - If you use old mulch, inspect if carefully! Hopefully this won't take over my tomatoes. The peppers don't seem affected by it so I guess they're fairly fungus resistant.

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So I have a new and exciting challenge. No more sitting around - Back to work!

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Fungus, fungus go away
don't come back another day
I dislike you very much
for, alas, you do make such a fuss!