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Re: lipstick plant

I would like to ask about your lipstick plant.  Mine was doing good, then
all of a sudden it started loosing leaves, looking sick and got a light
colored substance on the soil. Can you help?

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> From: The Jeli's <utaar@cnnw.net>
> To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
> Subject: Re: Gardening list
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 2:15 PM
> 
> >Been wondering if this list was a dead one or not myself.
> 
> It goes through some really slow periods, the only time it really seems
to
> pick up is late fall and winter.  Welcome to the list, Kelly!
> 
> I live in an apartment so all I can do is indoor gardening and some
> containers.  I grow mostly African violets but also have a variety of
> regular houseplants...pothos, schefflera, diffenbachia, swedish ivy,
> rosemary, some orchids (struggling to get them to bloom), lipstick plant,
> goldfish plant, ficus, jade plant, etc.  Your schefflera sounds pretty
> impressive!:-)
> 
> >Haven't changed soil or anything in it in a very long time.  >Recently,
I
> found a surprise in the pot...mushrooms! Bright yellow >ones! With sort
of
> tan spots on them. I read a bit on mushrooms >on the web, and guessing by
> the neck ring on each of the stems, >will assume they're toxic, possibly
> because dieffenbachia >themselves are toxic.  My question is...why are
they
> there?  I >haven't changed anything.
> 
> That's really weird.  A lot of times when you put out compost or manure
> mushrooms will sprout from it, but I don't have a clue why your pot
indoors
> would do such a thing, especially since you haven't done anything to the
> soil.  If they're really weird and neat looking, I'd go ahead and leave
them
> if there's no danger of someone tasting them (curious pets or children).
> 
> Cami
> utaar@cnnw.net
> Oregon
>
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