On Aug 18, 2005, at 11:24 AM, Nina wrote:

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I'm going to assume that the key factor here is the heat: in fact, one
of the Wisconsin disease reports I found diagnosed the sick Thuja as
follows: "Stress/Fusarium/charcoal rot", making the assumption, as I
would have, that the stress was a crucial ingredient. Let's remember
where larches grow in natu in bogs. A native larch will never, ever
dry out, even for a day. A bonsai larch is subjected to new and
different stresses.

I lost one larch that I repotted this spring. I suspect it was the
heat. My smaller larch is struggling but holding its own.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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