Re: CULT: evaluating disease resistance (was photos)

Char - because my primary pollen daubing objective is disease
resistance, I will do nothing, other than throw it away if any of it
survives.

I do not groom, I do not doctor, I <do> make room for those that are
healthy and for new things.

Sometimes I pull off rotting leaves, but usually only do that if it's
something I haven't seen bloom or am trying to use for making crosses.
If the rhizome rots (as in the fallen fan rotted at the base), I just
let it go.

Fungal leaf spot (cooler weather) usually isn't much problem here, but
bacterial leaf spot (temps above 90F) can be severe.

I'll leave it to others to talk about what they do to save plants.

<And if the rain does not stop what else can you do
                   for this clump?
                   Char, New Berlin WI>

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