do you remember the mysterious deaths in May I think?
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Can You Solve the Mysterious Death of the Sweet Banna Peppers?
Comments (8)I pulled the worst off plant -- the Bonnie bell. It came easily out of the loose soil -- revealing a tunnel right under the plant. The roots were normal in places and absent in others with the edges of where roots ought to have been looking withered. I suspect that the tunneling underneath broke contact with the ground, leaving the plant struggling for water and nourishment with airspace rather than soil around the roots and the equivalent of a bathtub drain removing the water as fast as my watering efforts provided it. I severely pruned my sweet bananas to reduce water demands and stepped into the bed to collapse the tunnels and firm the soil around their roots. I felt all around the bed and collapsed every tunnel I could find. They have 2 weeks to show signs of recovery or their spots will be given to young Brussels Sprouts. i can't get to the store to get commercial mole repellent for several days so I'll just keep collapsing tunnels as I find them and worry about compacted soil another day. Compaction in sandy soil isn't that big of an issue anyway....See MoreI think my 'mystery' amaryllis decided to not reproduce, I think.
Comments (8)Don't let one failed pollination discourage you! I can't even count the failures I've had this past season, and I'll continue to try... I've had failures in the form of aborted pods, and they've been in all stages of growth, from tiny to quite large... and I've also had flowers simply not take the pollen they were dusted with. We had a failed dog breeding just recently, as well... although, I know why it failed... Bonzee, a female Olde Bulldogge, went into heat and we couldn't get the chosen male to her in time because he lives rather far away with his family. We were able to make one tie toward the end of her cycle, and we crossed our fingers and hoped for the best... but we were too late, and she was empty. We'll try again next cycle. Luckily, flowers will take pollen when they're fairly far along in bloom. I've had seed pods form when the pollination was made just as the flower was fading... so the plant world is much more forgiving than the animal world, in certain respects! I pollinated my Papilio Butterfly just a few days ago... I self pollinated two of the blooms, and used another pollen on the third bloom... it's too soon to tell if any pods are forming, but the flowers are fading fast... I'm hopeful of getting seeds, but if I don't, I'll just try next time around! I do have quite a few bulbs that are growing babies, little offsets... so I will have more plants from some even if they didn't give me seeds. This whole process of growing, blooming, pollinating, harvesting seeds, and sprouting those seeds has just been so exciting for me! And I've only just begun to collect hippi bulbs and cross the different varieties... I'm very excited to see the results of my pollinations, but those blooms won't be opening for at least another two years... the anticipation of seeing them will have me on pins and needles for a long time! Perhaps you'll get seed pods to form the next time you pollinate your flowers... you just never know!...See Moreavocado bloomed itself to death...I think...
Comments (3)Not sure I can give you any definitive answers because the reason for your tree's die back is not able to be determined without seeing the tree in person and perhaps running some tests on it to see if there is any infection that is involved. Even then diagnosis may be a hit or miss proposition There are some trees that can actually fruit themselves to death. It is rare, but it does happen. This is especially true with trees that have not had sufficient sizing and then are allowed to carry a very heavy crop. That is, a crop much larger than the size of the tree can support. At this point, you definitiely need to remove the blooms to see if the tree will respond with pushing new vegetative growth. I would not assume the tree is doomed, but if it does come back, you need to keep the amount of fruit it carries limited until it gets considerably larger than it was when it had its last heavy crop. Good luck...I hope this helps. Harry...See MoreHi Everyone! Do you remember me? I used to be Sondra3...
Comments (3)Good to see you, Sondra. Welcome back & happy cooking!...See Morenosoccermom
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