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A few of my African Violet plant have a new problem, interested?
Comments (3)Probably the most important thing now is to make sure of your diagnosis. Pictures might help to make sure. Botrytis Blight or Gray Mold has a gray, fuzzy coating on older plant material. Spores begin the infection and can remain in the soil during the winter. At times the young center leaves turn grayish and hair may become abnormally long. Botrytis can kill the plant. First thing to do would be to isolate the plant or plants from your main collection. Increase air circulation to the area. Remove all fading flowers or leaves. Lower your humidity if possible. Keep room temperature even and warm. Do not over fertilize. Leaves of plants should not touch. You can use the homemade treatment as suggested above. One tablespoon bleach in one gallon warm water sprayed over foliage. If you have only a few plants affected just remove them and see what happens. If many are affected in your collection you may want to buy Benomyl. You can also purchase sulfer from the drug store. Put this in little pots around your plants. Check your rootball just to make sure this is not root or crown rot. Nancy...See MoreUpdated Succulent growth pics
Comments (14)Thanks Kathi! Pennyhal: I was raised in a family where plants were always around. My grandfather started in the chrysanthemum business, and my uncles both took after him. I used to work in the greenhouse when I was in gradeschool and jr high. I always had an appreciation for plants, but the succulents have always caught my eye. I have an apreciation for chrysanthemums, but def dont love them, I find many other plants interesting but most dont have such a wide variety and the strange factor that succulents do. I enjoyed orchids for some time, but they became too much of a one trick pony for me (its an ok looking plant, 95% of the time and spectacular when it blooms but thats such a rarity) My moms was has been dabbling with the idea of doing succulent containers and arrangments etc, so I told her I would try and grow a variety for her. So i started collecting all the different ones that caught my eye. That business has not really gotten off the ground yet, but I am still just collecting away, and propagating in my free time!...See MoreBefore and After + A few others of interest
Comments (18)tropicalzone7, I certainly try to enjoy the benefits of zone 9a every chance I get; especially after coming from a zone 5a! The sea grapes have been prolific! I never in my wildest imagination figured they would or could grow that fast! The coconut looks like a cocooned caterpillar right now, just for safe measure. The low ended up around 40 degrees here at the house last night, and another night in the low 40s expected tonight. As a general rule, if they call for temps below 45 for any length of time, it gets wrapped. Regarding the papayas, there are tons of them in neighbors' yards. Most of them are fruiting, so I know that we can get fruit in the area. The avocado wasn't too bad with a turkey burger ;)....See Morea few of mine that look interesting
Comments (11)Lavender Lassie does repeat, but usually it seems to be put out to "put out". It does have some scattered flowers during the summer, but has a better, but smaller, fall flush. Tea Clipper is brand new for me this year. It is growing in a pot in my pot ghetto so that I can see how and what it will do before assigning it ground space. It is actually looking rather promising, although I didn't think so at first. It is holding color better, but it still fades more than I would like for such a pretty rose....See Moredavidrt28 (zone 7)
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