Old AV Problem...maye because we are night owls?
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Night Owl and Phytophthora
Comments (11)I'm sorry but you're over reacting. Phytophthoras are everywhere. To have infection you need a susceptible host, a pathogen, AND a conducive environment. So - even if you have a phytophtora in your soil that can infect roses, and you plant roses, if your soil is well drained you are not likely to get disease in your roses, because phytophthoras require a waterlogged soil to be infective. There are estimated to be over 200 species of phytophthoras that can cause diseases in plants. Probably every soil has a few species. Pythiums are pretty much everywhere too, and also require a conducive environment to develop disease - wet soil, susceptible seedlings. Your lab results aren't very helpful! I'm not aware of much variety in resistance to root rotting pathogens such as phytophthoras in different cultivars of roses. Maybe among species roses. There are some species that like wet soil, believe it or not, and so would probably be more resistant to phytophthoras, which require waterlogging to develop disease. But these roses are not very pretty. Rosa gymnocarpa for one I know is native to northern California and likes wet soil. Not sure if it goes as far south as central CA. Not very pretty though, tiny little flowers briefly in spring. I know someone (UC I think) puts out lists of plants resistant and susceptible to oak root fungus (an armillaria, not a phytophthora) and to verticillium, another root rotting pathogen. Roses are susceptible to oak root fungus, which is a likely culprit in the old oak tree's death as it also likes wet soil, specifically soil that is wet in summer. California's native oak trees don't cope well with soil that is wet in summer, they require summer-dry soil or they get root rots and oak root fungus is very common. Was the oak tree itself diagnosed with phytophthora, or just its presence noted in the soil? the difference is critical. And in respect to sudden oak death, roses get a leaf blight when infected with that particular phytophthora, and they're not very easily infected with it anyway. I don't believe they die from it or even get particularly sick. The big concern there is that the roses or the potting soil they came in could carry the disease and spread it to other more susceptible plants, like oaks and rhododendrons. Anyway to cut a long story short (I can really go on and on when the subject is phytophthoras) go ahead and plant whatever roses you want, make sure the soil drains decently, don't overwater, and expect the best....See MoreBlue Wasp AV
Comments (19)Aha! Here's my secret. First, CHECK THE SHIPPING COSTS!!! Make sure that the shipping is not exorbitant (most people have a base price and then a little extra per plant up to 4 or 6/box) and that there are some other products you want from the same vendor (it helps if some of them are buy-it-now at reasonable prices). Then, decide what your top bid is and bid it. If you get sniped, you get sniped. There's nothing you can do about it. I lost 3 different bids in the last 10 secs when there hadn't been a competing bid for a day. If the bidding goes much higher than your top bid, that's the way it is. Don't check until after the bidding is all over. Bid once and walk away. Even though you'll often lose by only a little, don't despair, it doesn't mean you could have got it if you had bid a little more. It just means that someone else's top bid was higher than yours. It could have been *much* higher. Then, when you win, go back to the buy-it-now stuff (or other auctions) for more stuff from the same vendor. The vendors are usually happy to hold your order a few days if you tell them you are still shopping. They are used to it. OR - just go with buy-it-now stuff. Some of it is pretty reasonably priced. Feegle, (things I learned from DG)...See MoreUrban Owl in OC
Comments (9)I see barn owls regularly around here, usually in flight. They are the main reason I have not put poisons out even though I have a frustrating gopher problem. I was ready to after they killed a young deodara but the next couple nights later I saw one of the beautiful white birds fluttering by on one of my walks. I would feel awful if one ate one of my poisoned varmints. Barn owl populations are in decline partly because of gopher poisons. Gophers are the mainstay of their diet in California. Great Horned owls will eat anything they can catch which includes adult barn owls and even hawks unlucky enough to be seen by a great horned. Even though GHOs live in my area I have only heard them once and that was a pair in the middle of a very noisy and public courtship ritual. I don't think anyone slept a wink in that neighborhood....See MoreLooking for miniature AV culture advice
Comments (39)Joanne, i actually happened upon that grid thing by accident, at value village - it looked the right size for my plant tray, so i spent a whole dollar on it ;-p it's 1/5" thick and about 1" short of filling the tray on either side, but works like a charm... there is no brand name on it, even though it came packaged. I was debating checking the hydroponics store, there are a few things i am putting on a list to buy from there, that way, if they don't have something, i am still not entirely wasting their time. i've checked and the grids everybody else appears to be using are available at places like lowes etc. they are named something different in each store, egg crate, light grid, etc. the ones i found are made by plaskolite and come in 2x4' sheets. online typically in the ceiling panel section, and $15CAD, so probably about ten USD. There are various versions, so you need to read the descriptions to find the ones that actually are a grid. I have yet to find it in store though - i have strolled through on numerous occasions, but never come prepared with product # (or money - i leave my wallet in the car so i have to think twice before buying stuff i don't actually need). I'll post some pics of the show last weekend - i took lots of pictures of the dish gardens and designs. never noticed them last year.......See Moreaegis1000
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