Re: CULT: rot

From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>

> Often you'll find soft rot in a rhizome around which offsets have shot up
> quickly. Even if you can't save the main fan, surgery will save those
> offsets. Do nothing, and chances are they also will die.

As I've posted several times, I do nothing to treat rot outbreaks other
than clear away foliage that has rotted off and maybe remove soil from
the tops of the rhizomes.  In my experience, the rot doesn't seem to
spread and offsets are rarely affected, unless the cultivar was having a
hard time here anyway.  Has anybody been brave enough to experiment with
this to see how much difference it makes whether rhizomes are Cloroxed
or not?  The rot organism is supposedly ubiquitous in soil, so it's not
like  we can get rid of it by treating the plant.

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
always questioning untested 'facts' and unwilling to do more work than
necessary

John - what is the preferred subject tag?  Do all discussions of disease
and pests go under CULT?



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