Re: Rain, rain, and basil

I grow some sweet basil in the lathhouse, but mostly Thai or African because they seem to take the heat better and not bolt as quickly.

And it's raining now--Florida rush-hour shower--that the cats have asked me to stop so they can get back to terrorizing lizards and such.

On Jul 3, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

That can't be good. I hadn't heard about that one before, hope I don't get
unlucky with it - I try to grow a lot of sweet basil. I'm not as fond of the
other types.

Cyndi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: 7/3/2006 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain rain, move to where you're needed

It may be that you got some infected seed, since it's the Sweet Basil
that
disappeared. Even the tested seed isn't 100% safe, I'm told.

d


----- Original Message -----
From: "MICHAEL HABIB" <godihabib@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain rain, move to where you're needed


Daryl,
Thanks for the info. I have Asian basil and sweet basil in one large

pot.

The Asian is growing like mad, the sweet already disappeared. I have

never

had this problem with sweet basil, I also was late planting this year.



Usually I plant at beginning April. I might have avoided all this by
planting earlier so the basil would have had a good root system before



the



deluge.
Godi zone 7
Mt. Vernon, VA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain rain, move to where you're needed





Oooh, you *are lucky. You must have really good drainage in your



garden



beds.

With regard to the basil- if you lose all of the leaves, check for



wilt.



It's a fairly new fungus that's taken out a lot of fields here,
especially in wet spells.

Here's a bit from NCSU. "A devastating basil wilt disease caused by a





soilborne pathogenic fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. basilicum, was





first discovered in the U.S. in 1991 and identified in N.C. in 1992.
Plants infected with this disease usually grow normally until they



are



six to twelve inches tall, then they become stunted and suddenly



wilt.



Initial symptoms usually include brown streaks on the stems,
discoloration of the internal stem tissue, and sudden leaf drop.
Interestingly, only sweet basil is affected. Some of the specialty
basils, such as lemon basil and purple basil, show some resistance to



the



disease"

I gave up growing Basil because of it. I apparently got some infected





seeds and it wrecked the bed that I used for Basil.

d



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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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