RE: Brugmansia

Karrie, are you sure the "sponginess" is related to the worm attack? They sound two different things to me, those probably being larvae of some butterfly or other flying object, and this looking like a stroke of something (cold wind? bad drainage? damage to the roots? excess of fertilizer?). Are the leaves falling as well? Are they becoming chlorotic/ brown/ yellowing at the tip/ stay green but folding down?
However if I were you I would cut well below the spongy or necrotic areas, disinfect lightly (a very mild copper mix perhaps) and review growing conditions, specially drainage. Consider also the possibility of build up of salts from over-fertilizing. It could be a fungus attack of course, but before taking any measure try to change some of the  growing conditions and see what happens.
 
Good luck, 
Alessandra
 

Alessandra Vinciguerra
Superintendent of the Gardens
American Academy in Rome
Via Masina,5
00183 Roma Italy
Tel. 39-6-5846444

-----Original Message-----
From: pkssreid [mailto:pkssreid@email.msn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 10:01 PM
To: medit-plants
Subject: Fw: Brugmansia

 
----- Original Message -----
From: p*@email.msn.com
To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:33 PM
Subject: Brugmansia

To all you fellow Brugmansia lovers:
    My three Brugmansias (in pots) are the only high-maintenance plants that I have, and they are my babies.  I fertilize them heavily and they reward me with tons of blooms almost year-round.  My problem is this: my double white is being eaten by small green larvae, which I have been hand-picking.  However, associated with this attack seems to be a sponginess and die-back of terminal branchlets.  Has the worm infestation brought some disease that sounds familiar to someone?  Does anyone have a possible treatment for this condition? This plant has always been very healthy and bloomed profusely from November through January and March through May in its south-facing covered-deck aspect. I was hoping it was a transient problem, but I am beginning to worry that I may lose the plant before I get to make my Christmas pine- and- white trumpet flower arrangements!  Help!
Karrie Reid
Folsom, CA
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