Another one bites the dust!
Debbie in IA *Zone 5a*
6 years ago
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Comments (15)Don't give up hope. I had 4 cases of RRD several years in a row, but this year, have had none at all. So good times may be coming yet. Actually, I thought I might have a new case of RRD this year--sinking heart! But somehow it didn't quite look like it. So I did some severe pruning in that area with the affected growth--and everything seems to have grown back normally. Since that rose was on the property line, I'm wondering if my neighbor, who runs a mow and blow service, didn't maybe spray some Round-up next to his garage that has wild weedlike climbers going up it. That garage isn't that far from the property line where the affected rose grows. Kind of suspicious, don't you think? As to the rose, I pruned it rather late in the season, so I probably won't know for sure if it is all right until I see next spring's new growth. Everyone cross your fingers for me and my rose! Kate...See MoreAnother one bites the dust
Comments (14)Yeah, there's some kind of wilt or stem rot at work there. My guess would be bacterial wilt, which likes southern climes and sandy, moist soils. The disease severity and likelihood of plants getting infected is made worse if you have RKN because the damage they do to roots lets the bacterium in. It's unfortunately entirely possible that you have some kind of fungal or bacterial foliage disease AND a wilt. Especially in your growing climate. Brown mites in the soil do not harm the plants. They are primarily composters so are there eating the already rotting/dead tissue. If I were you, I'd definitely get in touch with the county extension office and see what information they have and what resources might be available....See MoreYippee Ki Yay and another one bites the dust
Comments (9)Your hard work certainly shows! Beautiful garden. One of the local hosta buffs puts 2-4 inches of manure on every year. You'd think the plants would get buried, but they look terrific. This was the first year I've had a lot of hosta seedlings. I tried to move them to one spot, but there were so many I gave up. If they live but are all plain and boring, there's always the assorted clubs asking for plant donations....See MoreAnother one bites the dust
Comments (3)Rita, I thought callas liked water too, but evidently these did not. I think that when they hybridize plants sometimes they mess them up. I guess they had to create a calla that didn't want to literally live at the edge of a pond or in a rainforest so they could save water growing them in greenhouses or something. But it was probably that the wet winter didn't allow them to take up the water they were getting and use it, because it was too chilly. Who knows? I've always had the theory that if something won't grow for me the first time, I don't grow it again. There are just too many things that are easy to grow. That being said, callas grew like weeds for me in SW FL. Go figure. Sorry about the deer. With me, it's bugs and caterpillars that eat all my plants. It's so frustrating to get a seedling brug growing well, then go out one day and find it completely stripped of leaves....See Morerobinswfl
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