Lettuce Bottom Rot: Complete Treatment Guide
What is Lettuce Bottom Rot?
Symptoms
- Brown wet rot
- Spreading infection
- Plant collapse
- Dark sclerotia
- Slimy texture
- Total loss
What Causes Lettuce Bottom Rot?
- Soil-borne fungi
- Poor drainage
- High humidity
- Overcrowding
- Previous infection
- Wet conditions
How to Treat Lettuce Bottom Rot
Organic Treatments
- Compost tea
- Beneficial fungi
- Remove infected plants
- Improve drainage
- Soil health
- Clean cultivation
Chemical Treatments
- Fungicide application
- Preventive sprays
- Soil treatments
- Disease control
Cultural Controls
- Improve drainage
- Crop rotation
- Proper spacing
- Air circulation
- Clean equipment
- Soil management
How to Prevent Lettuce Bottom Rot
- Good drainage
- Crop rotation
- Clean cultivation
- Proper spacing
- Soil health
- Regular monitoring
Recommended Fertilizers for Lettuce Bottom Rot
- Compost tea
- Beneficial microbes
- Balanced nutrition
- Soil amendments