Re: CULT: FALLEN BUDS
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- Subject: Re: CULT: FALLEN BUDS
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 19:50:08 -0600 (MDT)
DFingerhoo@aol.com wrote:
>
> 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
Hi dorothy--
thanks--this sounds like the most likely explanation. You met Blossom
at the Albany show. she is the one whose iris are keeling over. So
far, none of mine.
Rima
