I dunno... I don't like ingesting strange molds... are you getting it from overhead watering in a humid environment? You know, chamomile tea (cool) makes a great antifungal... you could spray it with that, then eat it.

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hi liza ... thx for teh personal note ... but the conversation continues here.. link to sterilizing media .. i have used both the microwave.. and the oven .. depending on how much i needed ... always dampen the media first.. small amount in a gallon baggie ... when steam forms.. good enough big amount.. dollar store turkey tray.. heap media in it.. cover with dollar store alum foil... poke a few holes.. when steam escapes at 212 degrees.. good enough ... it really helps to do it a few days in advance.. to let it cool ... liza told me she moved from VA to MA ... her timing is perfect for VA .. i think shes late for MA ... i havent had frost yet.. but have been within a few degrees.. plants are shutting down ... it might be big time shock to take them in the house.. and stressed plants get bad stuff.. like mildews ... the other variables in the house. during winter.. is humidity.. or lack of it ... with a forced air furnace ... at 30% humidifier setting.. your windows will be sweating.. and your plants will think its not enough ... note this when you compare your winter heating bills between VA and MA .. lol ... also.. sunlight levels.. which you have some experience with ... and proper media moisture with the furnace leading to fungus gnats ...let your plants NEAR DRY in between waterings... its going to be a whole new world in the snow belt .... for you ... my last thought.. its much easier to treat a small plant.. i might .. experimenting.. cut them down to 3 inches .... and treat the tiny plant.. and if i got lucky.. they might recover ... its a lot simpler than treating a large plant ... but if you already have bugs in the media ...... i dont know what to tell you ... there is nothing more irritating than fighting gnats.. indoors.. in a hermetically sealed.. furnace driven house.. in the great white north ... short of chemicals .... which i put in my house plants 6 weeks ago.. outdoors.. BUT I DO NOT HAVE EDIBLE PLANTS ... which rules out the best cure ... its not that it cant be done.. subject to my friends suggestions.. all i am trying to express.. is that one option.. is to chuck them all and start over ... if and when.. you feel you are on the edge of your head exploding.. lol ... growing your stuff is supposed to be relaxing.. not having you tear out your hair ... good luck and HB ... ken Here is a link that might be useful: link

That's interesting about there being plant specific... Nature is fun. I was just going to the extreme to stress the point that I think the important word would be "delay" vs "prevent" with pm. I have one planting of an older variant of phlox and pm always gets it early right as it starts to bloom. I remove the entire plant to the ground fairly early each year.... But it always hits the exact same time the next year. I have no other phlox and I live in a garden desert in my subdivision... I don't think a single home I pass in and out of the neighborhood has anything besides the original landscaped plants.... Non being phlox. The only other perennial that gets pm for me was an old peony... Which got the axe because of it. And then of course the late season squash get it. so to the original poster... Given your circumstances ..... And this isn't a plant that you are passionate about enough to put up with tight cultural practices.... And ...You would only being delaying the inevitable maybe a bit later in the season....(as others bring up.)....Looking into a replacement species would probably work better for you.