I've had a problem similar to that this year, but I grow in pots. If it's what I had, it behaves like southern blight, but no little orange balls. It effected the smaller eyes. I had it on three hosta. This is what I would do it it were mine: 1. I'd mix up a batch of hydrogen peroxide 10% with 90 percent water. 2. I would take some more photos 3. Clean out the nasties as best you can and spray the area close to the ground where the nasties are with the solution. 4. Send those pictures to Chris at Hallson's or email him to look at the photos you have posted. Note: do this quickly, as some problems can kill a hosta quickly. bk contact form to email chris at Hallson's Nursery

I’m starting to think there might be an insect issue however. One of my other cuttings has an inflo on it and has begun dropping buds like crazy all of a sudden :( They go from healthy looking to turning black and falling off within what seems like hours. I’ve lost 3 already this morning.

I hope your begonias have turned out well! I was disappointed with the results of my Botanus begonias. Okay, they were nice quality tubers upon arrival and quickly had sprouted into life, but two of the three have proven untrue to name. 'Angelique' was correct, though 'Pink Delight' wasn't, it's suppose to be a cascading fragrant variety, but instead was strongly upright with THICK stems and huge NON fragrant flowers. The yellow cascading is also instead a strongly upright plant. So, there went my anticipated display for the shaded front entrance of the house!

Thanks, Sharon, you computer whiz, you. The old address didn't have the "ning" in it, and when I entered it, the browser just kept searching. I guess if I had just Googled it, I would have found it too. Duh! You'd think there would be a way they could direct you from the old URL to the new one. Thanks so much.