Damping-Off Quiz Damping-Off Quiz Take the Quiz! Get a perfect score! Earn the medallion! Questions may have more than one correct answer. Be sure to select all answers that are correct. If you don't get a perfect score, you can take the quiz again until you do! Please provide your email address to receive your digital medallion. Reference: Damping-Off Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Damping-off is a lethal disease that can affect any type of plant seedling.(Required) true false 2) Damping-off is more common when soils are warm and wet.(Required) true false 3) Damping-off is caused by(Required) bacteria fungi water molds phytoplasmas nematodes viruses none of the above 4) When starting seedlings indoors, it's fine to use soil from your garden, as long as you have not seen any issues with damping-off or root rots where the soil is to be collected.(Required) true false 5) If you have had a damping-off problem, you can successfully decontaminate clay, ceramic, and plastic pots (and effectively eliminate damping-off pathogens) by soaking them in a bleach solution.(Required) true false 6) Management of damping-off involves(Required) starting seeds in warmer, drier soils starting seeds in cooler, drier soils using a pasteurized potting mix avoiding planting seeds too deeply using preventative fungicide seed treatments using curative fungicide spray treatments using damping-off resistant plant varieties routinely decontaminating gardening tools and work surfaces none of the above Δ
