How can I save clivias with crown rot?
PlanterRic
18 years ago
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Help...my clivia roots are rotting!!!
Comments (1)All is not lost. Clivias hate to stay wet. If they do, the roots rot. Put them in a free draining mix and be careful not to over water. They should recover. (Cinnamon is known to be a fungicide.)...See MoreI fear the worst :-( I hope I can save this! Rotting?
Comments (14)So in a sense is that article saying this is still somewhat a form of M. elongata? Kind of but.... In a nut shell the article tells us that your plant isn't a Mam. when under the plant ID microscope Meaning. .... it only looked like Elongata to me and as you said it may of been called a Sp.type of Elongata back in the earlier days of cacti naming could be reason why Rose also left a proper ID. The article explains more modern tools where used and who used them to properly ID and classify your named cacti and some others where found to have the same DNA as yours. It also explained the DNA structure of certain plants AND of your plant Sp. In DNA comparison to yours are to different for either M. elongata and yours to both be the same Sp of cacti. It is required to show/ explain the written proof amongst colleges but they dont need to show and tell ALL of us the DNA of any plant. Article also tells us that DNA is different enough to give any plant under the ID microscope warrants a true and then realistically ID or name. Then I go on at babbling about how many cacti get new names so fast it's hard to keep track of them all and they still continue to confuse us as fast as they can... Meaning I cant wait for ALL plants to have bar codding either. Until then.... Rose who still wears the GW cacti and succulent ID crown also shares some brief and IMO good information via another internet forum style webb site. No doubt we love yah at Arid Lands Tony but it is hard to be here and there. Mike M. drops in to say what may of happened to your now properly named cati more clearly.... And then.. just now is when the cat jumps off my lap... Budget or not. Thinks it's fair enough to use/loose a plant or two to let us use our own common scene. Not only would some learn more, they'd also learn it faster .. I'm not at all sure what a commercially massed produced water meter suggestion is for either....See MoreCan I save this one - Crown Rot??
Comments (9)Under a hard spraying hose nozzle, get all the potting stuff off. Pull off any rotted roots or mush crown material, and see what you have left. Soak that in 10% bleach solution for about 20 min. Then plant in some fine bark in a pot that just barely has room for those roots, and water it. Don't keep it soggy wet, just moist. Before I knew about using bleach, I used a strong solution of Daconil fungicide. Sometimes these days, I do the beach, then a few days later water it with fungicide solution so I cover all the bases. Then, keep your fingers crossed and see what happens. ...or throw it on the driveway, preferably in the sun, and that should kill the bacteria/fungus or it will kill the hosta. It's a craps shoot. But actually very rewarding when one comes back from the dead so to speak. I have a few like that and they are a little more special because of all we have been through together. -Babka...See MorePruned away the rot: can I save this Jade?
Comments (10)I would remove most of the roots just below the junction of the two stems. That way you get a better look at possible remaining rot in the stems. A particular area if concern is the hemicircle of dark tissue in the lower, right side stem. If there is dark colored tissue in the cross-section, you may need to cut higher and even possibly separate the two limbs. Then let the cuts callous in air for about a week. Pot in dry soil, and wait for signs of new growth before watering. This will take some time, maybe a couple of months or more. The old rule of thumb is about 1 month per inch in diameter. Patience is required. Heavy watering too soon will rot the plant again. Happy Growing! Brad...See MorePlanterRic
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