Re: Rain, rain, and basil

NO..couldn't do that....I tell him it is therapy and I need alot!!!
Any other suggestions for plants are welcome....Let me see have expanded to
add this year alone - honesty silver dollar, visions astilbe, husker red,
cherry blossom magic fountains-delphinium, russell red-my castle lupine,
russian sage-filigran, Jacob's ladder, Jack frost brunnera, sunspot
heucherella, chocolate eupatorium, agapanthus africanus-peter pan, the
cinnamon basil, blue lily turf serpentina, flames of passion, sea pink
armeria maritima - splenden and some others....Now see what a bad influence
you all are!!!  THANKS!

Vera

On 7/3/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> yep since 4am this morning.... clear for an hour or
> so, then rain again... street in front of work was
> flooded this am, and backyard had some standing water
> tonight here.
>
> Can't tell now if that is thunder or
> fireworks...probably both.
>
> Alan will get over it, just blame me...
>
> Donna
>
>
>
> --- Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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