Re: CULT: Wet looking leaves
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Wet looking leaves
- From: "* M* C* o* B* S* <s*@aristotle.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:35:12 -0600 (MDT)
>I see that on iris leaves frequently when the weather has been very wet
>followed by warm muggy weather especially. Sometimes, it seems to lead
>to rot, sometimes to more leaf spot, sometimes nothing changes. It
>seems to occur on the 'between' leaves - not the outside ones and not
>the inner ones. It definitely is more prevalent on the 'unhealthier'
>cultivars than the 'survivors'.
I've seen some this spring on plants that had been sprayed with soap to
kill aphids. It was mostly the outermost leaves that were affected. I
figured it was a cumulative effect of frost and then having the waxy
"bloom" stripped off by surfactant.
We also have some trapped water inside the layers of big, big fans - not
cupped, but insinuated into the leaf. I figured this for frost damage, too.
celia
storey@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
