soot in the greenhouse

gus · « **on:** April 25, 2008, 10:47 »

Can anyone help me? Went into the greenhouse this morning and there is a fine dusting of soot on all my plants and seedlings (from the paraffin heater- wick must have needed retrimming). :shock: What I want to know is, has it ever happened to anyone and what did they do? and can I still use my seedlings? Almost all of them are veg ones and I don't want to use them if there could be a problem I would rather start over.

I am worried about carcinogens!

Trillium · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2008, 15:18 »

I don't have a greenhouse or heater, but logic suggests that if you can water spray (gently) all the leaves, it should remove most of the dust, then leave a fan on low to dry off the leaves. A few of the leaf pores will still have some dust, but I can't imagine it would have far reaching carcinogenic effects.

gus · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2008, 16:46 »

Thanks for that Trillium, I just wanted to be sure that someone else thaught the seedlings could be saved before i tried washing the soot off. I like the idea of the fan so that will be my next job.

matron · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2008, 19:59 »

Exactly the same thing happened to us a couple of weeks ago. OH sprayed the plants but we lost the tomatoes. We now have a gas heater.

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