CULT: cracked stalks
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- Subject: CULT: cracked stalks
- From: v* l*
- Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 20:31:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: vince lewonski <vincelewonski@yahoo.com>
--- "Merrily A. Smith" <merrilyann@erols.com> wrote:
I've lost 11 bloom stalks to some critter
> that saws a line in
> the stalk (parallel to the ground), sometimes deep enough
> that it falls over
> of its own accord, or if it is lightly bumped or blown.
> Some stalks that
> survived have up to four such lines, now scars, anywhere
> from 2-4" apart.
> Somebody suggested that the critter might be an earwig.
> Any ideas?
>
> Merrily in Washington, DC
>
V. sez:
I have had this happen in the past on some stalks. I do not
think it is from an insect, but from the stalk swelling as
it absorbed water after a heavy rain. Some varieties seem
to be more prone to this - I seem to remember DISCRETION
doing this a lot.
===
vincelewonski@yahoo.com
Vince Lewonski
Secane, PA Zone 6
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