Re: CULT: FALLEN BUDS
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- Subject: Re: CULT: FALLEN BUDS
- From: D*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 06:31:48 -0600 (MDT)
In a message dated 97-06-06 04:12:39 EDT, you write:
<< I guess no one has had the problem of rot just below the bud to make it
keel over still attached to the stalk. Just two so far. The rest are
fine. >>
Rima, my guess is that the rot is bacterial soft rot secondary to some kind
of physical damage at that spot on the stalk. Chief damage suspect, some
kind of biting or chewing insect. Spittle bug, grasshopper, any number of
critters.
Dorothy Fingerhood
DFingerhoo@aol.com
Newfield, NY