Re: Rain, rain, and basil

Rain - you got rain....Just a few sprinkles here!  Now that you have all
been talking herbs...It has been a bad influence.  Went to the area farm
store to pick up a couple of things to find the remains of their bulk plants
were 25 cents!  Picked up Greek Oregano ( origanum vulgare hirtum) and
Garden sage (salvia officinalis) in addition to a few others.  Spent under
$2.  they were in the need help areaSeem to be doing well at this point.
Thanks for expanding my gardens!  Husband has a diffent opinion but it has
reduced his mowing!

Vera


On 7/3/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> 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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