CULT: Pale leaves on Setosa
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- Subject: CULT: Pale leaves on Setosa
- From: S* D* <f*@javanet.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:02:23 -0400
From: Shanna DeSotle <foxbrook@javanet.com>
I don't want to be interpretted as tolerant of a deficient plant, but rather
as inquisitivew about why the plant is growing poorly. Perhaps it is a strain
of the species that is adjusted to growing in a pH that is different from the
rest. Now lit is not likely that this is the problem, but for the sake of
knowledge, maybe that could be tested.
The way I see it, many of Kathy's plants are selected directly from the
wild and they have to grow well enough to survive there. If something grew well
in its native habitat, but seems to grow poorly in her garden, assumedly of a
similar climate, my question is then what is the difference. I guess I just
see the situation to be different than a TB or siberian that is 10-20
generations from the species but seems to be the one that got the bad genes.
Japs turn yellow at the wrong pH, that is my reason for suggesting that
previosly, but my point lies more in that it does no harm to find out why
something acts the way it does. If she was to sew the seed and grow all the
seedlings up to about four inches tall, hypothetically, and half looked more
yellow than the rest, she will have learned something about that trait at
least, regardless of whether they get rowed out or thrown out.
I don't give up so easy sometimes, since I have had a plant that survived
but didn't do well, and it gets put elswhere and it takes off. I can't say the
reason it looked bad was 100% my fault, because environment had something to do
with it.
Andrew Wheeler
foxbrook@javanet.com
> You did the correct thing. Nitrogen deficiencies do occur, but are
> quite rare. Also, by knowing that it is a flaw with the plants, you have
> done the right thing by not using them in hybridizing. Sure, they could
> probably be sold as novelty plants, but I am with you about not knowingly
> using weak plants.
> One thing I always did is "trash" plants that were poor perfomers. If
> a plant did poorly for me, it did not go into the Iris Sale.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, Florida.
>
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