Re: CULT: Terrachlor...was Terimycin
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Terrachlor...was Terimycin
- From: S* B* <b*@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 20:08:13 -0700 (MST)
Dana Brown wrote:
>
> Rick, I must have missed the start of the conversation about Sclerotium
> rolfsii(alias crown rot). Probably while I was reloading Netscape. What
> are the symptoms? The rot I have here does not seem to have an odor.
> Soft mushy rhizomes, dead roots, and if you tug on the foliage it pulls
> loose off the rhizome.
>
> --
> Dana Brown, Lubbock, Texas Zone 7
> Where we are 3,241 ft above sea level, with an average rainfall of
> 17.76"
> of rain a year. Our average wind speed is 12.5 mph and we have an
> average
> of 164 days of clear weather, 96 of which dip below freezing.
Thursday, which was a 70 degree day, I finished cleaning the iris beds
of dead iris leaves and the neighbors blown tree leaves. I noticed
three iris suffering from what appears to be crown rot. Two were in an
older bed and the third was in a brand new bed transplanted in late
August. The iris in the new bed were washed in a bleach solution,
allowed to dry and then dusted with garden sulphur. Had no borers or
symptoms of rot when separated. I dusted the three iris with a chlorine
scouring powder, as it was what I had at hand. Now, I'm not sure what I
have. We have had a warm wet winter, not going below zero.
Al Bullock Sterling, Va.
USDA zone 6 my zone 5
email b0325@erols.com
