Odd growth on 'The Pilgrim'
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Comments (10)Could also be fertilizer burn? Skip the Miracle Grow & see what happens. You can purchase complete organic fertilizer in granular form then apply before planting & no hassle all season. Don't give up. After harvest layer on compost materials (shredded leaves, used coffee grounds, manure, spoiled hay, veg/fruit scraps, etc.). Make sure each layer is moist & come spring your soil will be amazingly full of worms & microbes ready to grow a great garden for you! You might doubt the compost way, but it does work & your soil can be improved with a lot of organic matter (4" of it mixed in with 12" of soil OR skip the mixing & just layer it like I mentioned). Gardening can be easy if you do the layers & keep it up. Mulch your soil after planting. Don't step in planting beds. Add more compost after harvesting before replanting. Cover with mulch any areas not planted. Your organic matter content will be maintained with continual additions & you won't have to till it in again. Hope that helps!...See MoreOdd signs of spring, welcome nonetheless.
Comments (26)Hi Pamela! I have a couple witchhazels, I think they're just about done blooming. The native hazelnut is blooming now (weird little blooms), and my snow crocus are in full bloom, with the big crocus starting to bloom. Daffodils are mostly in full bloom, though the late ones are just now coming out of the ground. Hellebores are in full bloom, purple-leaf plums are just about in full bloom, white-flowered plums are just past peak, and Clematis armandii is starting to bloom. No roses whatsoever here. Also, some species tulips I got are starting to show color. I bought a bunch of fritillaries, and they're popping up, and loaded with buds! I just love them, even if they do smell funny. I looked on the winter chilling website put out by UC Davis (thanks Paula, that was a helpful link a few years ago!), and noticed that winters here have steadily gotten more chill, 63% in the last 6 years (from about 800 hours to 1400 hours now). I think it's true, some of the fancy tulips are coming up with buds for their 3rd year, usually a sign of good winter chill. Some magnolias are just barely coming out here, whereas in town they're in full bloom or past it. --Ron...See MoreOdd, stunted growth on double pink KO
Comments (19)Florida roses share RRD susceptibility with all other roses; but (and this is where you have been lucky, so far) you have water on three sides and you seldom have winds from the north in May through September (this means you don't get cold fronts then either.) The vector mites for RRD are wingless and windborne. For them to carry RRD to Florida from areas to your north would require right wind condition + being a time of year, up north, when mite populations have built up. Florida isn't totally free of RRD. Two Hybrid Musks near Tallahassee were diagnosed with RRD over five years ago. Multiflora isn't common in the southern halves of the Gulf Coast states. That's a good thing for youall. A bad thing for youall is that R. laevigata can catch RRD. I know because mine has it, and I have a report of it just south of Charleston S.C. One thing on the pictures that is really interesting: the blooms on the affected roses. Your use of the word "Stunted" is a very good description of both leaves and petals. The blooms' petals are truly stunted but what caught my attention was the deep color of the petals. Of the many plants I've seen with RRD, I've never seen a situation when the petals got changes in the colors to make a deeper petal color. I've seen a lot of pink roses with RRD and pink Knock Outs with RRD....the colors have tended to become lighter, or splotchy. Do you have a scanner with your computer? Most scanners can be used as a microscope to see if you've a mite problem that is below the limit of what we see with the 'naked eye'. Ann...See MoreOdd Axillary Buds? on Lemon Trees
Comments (3)Here is another picture, looking down at the same lemon tree. I cut off the new leaves growing on the top stem (the one with the growths highlighted by sunlight) back in mid summer to encourage horizontal growth. I did this to the other lemon tree as well....See Moreac91z6
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