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Re: ground cover lodging


In a message dated 9/22/98 5:38:18 PM, you wrote:

>Location :    Fremont Ca, USA    
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>I have a large flat area covered with Phyla nodifolia (spelling)  commen name
LIppia.
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>I planted it from landscape flats about 8 months ago and it took off and has
covered
>everything quite nicely.  could not have asked for better growth.  however it
has
>been falling over ( it is about 7 inches tall) and declining for the past
several
>months.  it does not seem to be heat realated as it is on the same sprinkler
system
>and all nozzels work.
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>It started in one part of the ground cover and is working its way in two
directions.
> so I think that it is something biological.  It moves at about 6-12 inches a
week.
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>IT does not appear to kill it so I am hoping that it will grow out of it.
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>does anyone have any idea what I can do?

You may be killing it with kindness, particularly too *much* water. Lippia
does start to go dormant as light and temperature levels drop starting about
now... and it can get nematodes so you may want to take a sample of it (with
roots and soil) to a plant pathology lab in your area.

your email had a dark blue background which made it hard for me to read.
sometimes its better to leave the html stuff out on mailing lists and just use
plain text as people are reading stuff with all levels of machines... Deb says
pleadingly...

Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, Ca.
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