Re: Rain, rain, and basil

been raining here most of the day too.... but no
lizards for the cat to play with...

Donna

--- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:

> 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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