chelle said: I'm not usually bothered by damping off, but I'd assume that's because I start any seeds that I can outdoors.
Chelle, that's great advice for those plagued by damping off to start seeds outdoors.
I start the vast majority of my seeds indoors under lights because winters are long here and I want seedlings to be a reasonable size prior to planting out (and I know my standards for "a reasonable size" are much lower than those of many others who would grow seedlings on in pots at least until the next spring or even longer). Starting them indoors under lights, I get germination long before they would be able to germinate if winter-sown in containers or in open flats outdoors, and hence more time to grow them on.
