Re: Rhizome Rot
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Rhizome Rot
- From: l*@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:08:09 -0700 (MST)
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 00:02:31 -0700 (MST) Duane Buell
<dbuell@ptialaska.net> writes:
>We just had a rain storm that washed all the snow away and thawed
>the ground. I found a rhizome that has 5 or 6 small plants growing
>off it, but the main rhizome is rotting away. If I cut the rotten
>part out is there something I can use to treat the raw ends of the
>good plants?
>
>
After cutting the rotting part away, paint the raw ends with bleach water
and/or dust with Comet with Bleach. This should help.
Lynn Woosley
Marietta, GA
USDA Zone 8
