Re: Liatris root rot?

In a message dated 7/10/02 11:24:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
sguzik@lynx.dac.neu.edu writes:

<< DO they have some sort of root rot disease?  From looking quickly at web 
 pages - they seem to be susceptible.   >>

I don't think I would spend much time trying to ID a plant disease that is 
caused by rot (bacterial), fungus or virus.  There are several kinds of 
Liatris, some with a small tuber that gets eaten by voles.

If a plant goes down to some disease, in the end you usually cannot cure it.  
You dig it out with some soil and discard the whole lot.  Replant new plants 
in a different location.  Something else will probably grow there if it is 
unrelated to the Liatris. 

Curing garden plants is a very difficult thing to do.  You send them off to 
Cooperative Extension (need proper container) and they give you an answer 
that you probably won't like.  It is much easier to get some new plants.  

If any plant becomes a time consuming patient, experience usually teaches 
that a new plant is the happiest way to go.  My four year old, many years 
ago, informed me that a zucchini squash plant was eaten by the woodchucks.  
That is all I would say about four year olds in the garden.  He liked flowers.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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