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its jasmine polyanthum. my concern, anne, was to dry the compost, not
boil the roots as you so sarcastically said. some of us are still
learning.

either way, the plants are out of direct sunlight and ill let the
compost dry off before watering again. some people suggest putting
potatoe lumps on the soil for a few hours to draw any larvae of the
soil to identify if it is fungus gnat. anyone had experience of doing
this? and if so did it work?





OK, Jasmine polyanthum is all but indistructable, neither red spider nor
fungus knats are eating the stems, if that was a clean cut then it was
probably a slug if it was discoloured near the break probably fungal,
keep the plant cool and light, give water when dry but do not leave stood
in water and keep your fingers crossed that the roots have not been
damaged by the waterlogging
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea