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Old 07-08-2004, 06:51 AM
DigitalVinyl
 
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Default Basil Dying fast -stem browning from ground up

"Bob" wrote:

Do a search for "basil wilt".

If that's it, it's not good news.


It matches everythign except the fact that my plant was a two foot
high bush and very full and will probably look like sticks tomorrow.
The wilt usually affects it before it reahes 12 inches. I even found
some stem tips that had turned completely brown with healthy green
stem further down. Very weird and very sudden. I think it is this
wilt--which means I need to toss the batch of seeds I grew this from.
Next year I'll have to look for a non-sweet variety.

Bob

"DigitalVinyl" wrote in message
.. .
My basil is dying fast

Yesterday the thing looked very wilted so I gave it an extra

watering,
but today it looks worse and the entire plants looks like it is

dying.
The stems are browning from the root upwards. It looks brown to
darkish brown. It looks like whatever is moving up all the

stems. SOme
branches appear to be shedding their leaves. I found a pile of

dead
leaves under the branches.

Sound familiar to anyone.
DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
2nd year gardener
http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalfrazier/



DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
2nd year gardener
http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalfrazier/