Re: CULT: rot

From: celia storey <storey@aristotle.net>

Linda writes:
>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?

Linda, if I leave the rot untreated in my Arkansas garden, the offsets go,
too -- especially if they are not large enough to have appreciable rhizomes
of their own.

I should also mention that although treatment is simple, as Bill pointed
out, Cloroxing does not always stop rot here. Sometimes it comes back days
after the treated place seems to have healed over.

I think much depends upon the kind of soil one has, how crowded the plants
are, the weather and one's personal garden karma.

celia
s*@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons



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