I have been writing a series of blogs with my experiences with growing an organic container garden. You can see the first three posts here, here and here.
I left off on the last post being really sick after inhaling fumes from VOCs from the stain that was used on the outside of the wooden containers my husband made for my plants.
While I was sick, some of my plants didn't make it. My husband tried to take care of them, but all of the parsley died, most of the chives and basil died and the zucchini ended up with a really bad fungus. Before I had gotten sick a couple of the leaves had gotten a little brown and when I looked it up online it said that happens when you get water on the leaves. I wasn't su
re at that point if it was from water on the leaves, or if it was a fungus. I was able to trim those leaves and made an organic fungicide by combining 1½ teaspoons of baking soda with a teaspoon of vegetable oil and a gallon of water. The fungicide is sprayed directly on the plants, not in direct sunglight, so I sprayed them at night. I was also extra careful when watering, and it got better. I think it was from the water and not a fungus. I told my husband to be careful while watering and he said he was, but when I was well enough to check on them a lot of the leaves were brown.
re at that point if it was from water on the leaves, or if it was a fungus. I was able to trim those leaves and made an organic fungicide by combining 1½ teaspoons of baking soda with a teaspoon of vegetable oil and a gallon of water. The fungicide is sprayed directly on the plants, not in direct sunglight, so I sprayed them at night. I was also extra careful when watering, and it got better. I think it was from the water and not a fungus. I told my husband to be careful while watering and he said he was, but when I was well enough to check on them a lot of the leaves were brown. In addition to the organic fungicide, I made an organic pesticide using two cloves of fresh garlic a TBSP of olive oil and a gallon of water. I let that sit overnight and then added one squirt of Dawn dish soap. I noticed some really little spider like bugs and this helped to get rid of them.
I had to cut off almost all the leaves on the zucchini and am still not sure if they are going to survive and actually produce any zuchini. The tomatoes survived but they were kind of yellowish, instead of green. 
I thought it was because they were overdue being transplanted. I looked it up and from what I could find it could be they weren't getting enough light or they need more nutrients. I have replanted most of them. The replanted ones do look a little bit better. I am going to try adding a TBSP of Epsom salt to a gallon of warm water and see if that helps.
I thought it was because they were overdue being transplanted. I looked it up and from what I could find it could be they weren't getting enough light or they need more nutrients. I have replanted most of them. The replanted ones do look a little bit better. I am going to try adding a TBSP of Epsom salt to a gallon of warm water and see if that helps.
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