Re: clematis troubles

This is a possibility that hadn't remotely occurred to me, but of course
it could be true. We do have strong winds here. I hope it's not true, or
at least that the clematis will revive, since it's a beauty. 

		Thanks,
		Mary, zone 6 


>
>Since your clematis is probably too old to develop clematis wilt, my 
>next
>guess (and a wild one it is) is that one of your neighbours was 
>spraying
>their lawn with 2-4-D and it caught on the wind and drifted into your
>garden.  
>
>It happened to me last year. Fortunately it was was further along in 
>the
>year. Nothing died but I had some pretty sick plants.  I took me about 
>2
>weeks to figure out what caused all the wilt.  Next time there is the 
>smell
>of 2-4-D in the air, I'll be out in the garden washing down foliage.
>
>Good luck.  
>
>Leslie
>zone 3 southern Manitoba
>
>
>
>At 01:04 PM 1999/04/24 -0500, you wrote:
>>Last week I put a half cup of epsom salts around a shrub rose and 
>watered
>>it in, since I had read in a rose catalog that the magnesium in it
>>enhances rose color. I have a 10 year old clematis planted fairly 
>close
>>to it ("Jackmanii") and not long after I noticed that the young 
>spring
>>shoots of the clematis have all withered. I can't tell if the plant 
>is
>>dead yet. Did the epsom salts have something to do with this? Or is 
>there
>>something else wrong? No frost here lately, so it isn't that. Any 
>info
>>will be appreciated...
>
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