Re: Bacterial Fascination
- To: I*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [IGSROBIN] Bacterial Fascination
- From: P* B*
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 05:39:25 -0800
This sounds like it might be a kind of "witches broom" disease.
Phil Bunch
>Hi from Southern California,
> For years I have been fascinated by an occasional strange growth coming
>from my Regals and angels. This week at the San Diego Geranium society I
>learned the name for this aggressive, mutating growth. It generally starts
at
>the base of the plant, but surprising enough my Regal, Yarrabee Jane had it
>growing 4 inches up the stock from the soil line. I would say that out of a
>couple 200 to 500 pellies that this Bacterial Fascination will appear on a
>given plant. I have never seen this bacterial fascination on Zonals or
Ivies,
>let alone any species. How about the rest of you?
> When this bacterial fascination appeared, I observed the growth. It was
>interesting yet, disturbing for it never has a good green chlorophyll leaf.
>The leaves start to grow fuzzy in a mass grouping. Then bursts out
>aggressively looking like something out of Star Wars and starts to take
over
>the plant. I would just cut it out and of course it would just come back
>because I wasn't aggressive enough to radiate the growth. So it seems that
>its like a cancer. Now, I remove as much of it as I can, if the plant is
dear
>to me, like Yarrabee Jane is. The other day I went to check on this
bacterial
>fascination and its starting up again. So once again I took on a more
>aggressive approach to remove this plant cancer. I used a sterile tool, and
>removed the growth by cutting deeper into the stem stock. Then I washing
off
>my tool with alcohol and disposed the growth in the trash and not the
compost.
> Where this bacterial fascination comes from is indeed a mystery, and
why
>it appears on selective random plants is also a mystery unto itself.
> Anyone have any answers?
>Regards,
> Cynthia Pardoe,
>
>Oh yes.....also, here is a peak preview of my web page: <A
>HREF="http://members.aol.com/regalart/">Cynthia's Originals</A> mind you
its
>under construction. Or try.......http://members.aol.com/regalart/
>
