Re: CULT: cracked stalks
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
vince lewonski wrote:
>
> 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
> 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.
I think this is caused by warm/cool cycles. The cool weather sets the outer
stem, and the rapid growth internal to the stem caused by a warm snap cracks
the outer layers.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
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