Possible saving a young plant that were overwatered and gets bad bacteria .

I got brown tips with yellow crust on ends of leafs of a young seedling .

Flushed with mild Garlic Powder Plus Water Solution and the bacteria on end of leaves died . Also good to mess with gnat larva ; makes them run to the surface trying to get away from the garlic .

I read that Garlic does not kill bacteria , but kills the biofilm on the outside of the bacteria ; also kills slugs .

Biofiilm good read .
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofilm"

Halman9000

Halman9000 said:

I got brown tips with yellow crust on ends of leafs of a young seedling .

Flushed with mild Garlic Powder Plus Water Solution and the bacteria on end of leaves died . Also good to mess with gnat larva ; makes them run to the surface trying to get away from the garlic .

I read that Garlic does not kill bacteria , but kills the biofilm on the outside of the bacteria ; also kills slugs .

Biofiilm good read .
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofilm"

Halman9000

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I question I have always wondered about is ; Does Garlic kill Good Bacteria . Today I found out that Garlic does not kill Good Bacteria . In theory this means that Garlic Does not kill Good Bacteria in Compost , but it does kill Anerobic Bacteria .

This is a good read that explains why Garlic kills Bad Bacteria , but does not kill Good Bacteria . Read entire article for complete explanation ,
https://sciencenordic.com/denmark-food--nutrition-forskningno/substance-from-garlic-combats-chronic-infections/1451947#:~:text=The substance extracted from garlic,their defence mechanism, the biofilm.&text=“Bacteria have different communication systems,have a different communication system.”"

After reading that the article seems to kill bad bacteria but not good bacteria because how their colonies communicate are different .

I am now curious if a mild garlic power and water solution kills Mycorrhiza , or Good Fungi
It says Mycorrhiza has a symbiotic relationship between fungi and a plant .
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza"

Here is another good article .
"https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/gardening-techniques/mycorrhizal-fungi-zm0z14aszkin"

Halman9000

it shouldent do, we have pured loads of old garlic powder on our compost heap with no ill effects

Can plants take in oxygen in thier leaves and send oxygen down into their roots ; ( My hope is that you can heal a plant that has been flushed can get oxygen from the leaves and send the oxygen to the roots and regrow roots and replace dead roots ) .

"https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/info/can-plants-live-without-oxygen.htm"

I am now experimenting with first flushing a diseased seedling or any plant with a weak diseased root system ; I flush them with mild Garlic Powder and Water . Next you should see the disease on the tips of the leaves die ; meaning the plant is safe from the disease spreading . But flushing the plant ; in my thinking is that it needs nutes . So next I feed with water soluble NPK with a few granules of Amino Acids and a few grains of Calcium Nitrate and Magnesium . I keep adding nutes until the top leaves start reaching up to the sky a little .

At this point my soil is too wet because I just flushed the medium . But the nutes make the plant and root go , getting oxygen from the leaves to keep my roots alive ( respiration ) . The capacity for the leaves to send oxygen to the roots is why a vegatable garden stays alive when it rains for three days . It takes oxygen from the atmosphere and takes it in through the leaves and sends it throughout the plant , including the roots .

Halman9000

Halman9000 said:

I question I have always wondered about is ; Does Garlic kill Good Bacteria . Today I found out that Garlic does not kill Good Bacteria . In theory this means that Garlic Does not kill Good Bacteria in Compost , but it does kill Anerobic Bacteria .

This is a good read that explains why Garlic kills Bad Bacteria , but does not kill Good Bacteria . Read entire article for complete explanation ,
https://sciencenordic.com/denmark-food--nutrition-forskningno/substance-from-garlic-combats-chronic-infections/1451947#:~:text=The substance extracted from garlic,their defence mechanism, the biofilm.&text=“Bacteria have different communication systems,have a different communication system.”"

After reading that the article seems to kill bad bacteria but not good bacteria because how their colonies communicate are different .

I am now curious if a mild garlic power and water solution kills Mycorrhiza , or Good Fungi
It says Mycorrhiza has a symbiotic relationship between fungi and a plant .
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza"

Here is another good article .
"https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/gardening-techniques/mycorrhizal-fungi-zm0z14aszkin"

Halman9000

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How to make and Use Garlic Water Pesticides for Plants .
"https://dengarden.com/gardening/Using-Garlic-Water-for-Plants"

Halman9000