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Tarragon lost
Hi,
This is my first post...hope I'm in the right newsgroup. I have (had) a tarragon plant. Half of it became gnarly and stunted. Being near the grass I had thought that the weedkiller my husband had put on the grass was the cause, except that he said he hadn't put some near there. This is what happened today. I pulled the stunted part out. The stalks pulled off very easily. The ends with part of the root attached looked warty. When digging the roots out, it broke apart easily. There were what appeared to be little black balls in the dirt. Bringing one inside, it soon opened up..an insect with many short legs about 1/4 inch long. I pulled all the rest of the tarragon out, saving the good stalks to use. Then I went to where another plant, a groundcover that has short stems with purple flowers (don't know the name, but someone told me it was a weed) had the same problem. They were gnarled and dying. They pulled off at their base with very little effort. Uprooting some I found the same insect. Noticing a similar problem with a peony bush, I pulled off a few twisted stems. They pulled off easily, and the roots looked like something had gotten to them. Could the same insect be the problem? Can anyone tell me what is causing the damage and how it can be controlled or eliminated. Also, what other plants can be harmed by the same insect. I'd like to take preventive measures if other plants could suffer from that invasive insect. TIA, Jo |
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