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Red apple ice plant in bad shape
What could cause a whole hill of red apple to die? It's been healthy for 15 years with very little care, now within a couple of months the whole hill is brown. Looking up close, the roots and stalks that are still green look fine.
I'll take some to the nursery this weekend and ask. My guess would be some kind of disease, something filtering thru the soil from uphill neighbor, or rats or squirrels eating it. Any guesses? |
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Red apple ice plant in bad shape
What could cause a whole hill of red apple to die? It's been healthy for 15 years with very little care, now within a couple of months the whole hill is brown. Looking up close, the roots and stalks that are still green look fine.
I'll take some to the nursery this weekend and ask. My guess would be some kind of disease, something filtering thru the soil from uphill neighbor, or rats or squirrels eating it. Any guesses? I should mention that searching online, all I could find was possible disease/fungus related to being exposed to heavy rain, irrigation or poor drainage. None of these could be the cause here. Very dry - drought conditions still here. Latest rain was 1/2-inch & very good drainage. Prior to the drought, we have had period of heavy rain for a week or more and no problem like this. |
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Red apple ice plant in bad shape
On 3/19/2016 10:05 AM, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
What could cause a whole hill of red apple to die? It's been healthy for 15 years with very little care, now within a couple of months the whole hill is brown. Looking up close, the roots and stalks that are still green look fine. I'll take some to the nursery this weekend and ask. My guess would be some kind of disease, something filtering thru the soil from uphill neighbor, or rats or squirrels eating it. Any guesses? I should mention that searching online, all I could find was possible disease/fungus related to being exposed to heavy rain, irrigation or poor drainage. None of these could be the cause here. Very dry - drought conditions still here. Latest rain was 1/2-inch & very good drainage. Prior to the drought, we have had period of heavy rain for a week or more and no problem like this. Just admit that you are a total failure--both as a gardener and as a man. LOL |
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Red apple ice plant in bad shape
Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
What could cause a whole hill of red apple to die? It's been healthy for 15 years with very little care, now within a couple of months the whole hill is brown. Looking up close, the roots and stalks that are still green look fine. I'll take some to the nursery this weekend and ask. My guess would be some kind of disease, something filtering thru the soil from uphill neighbor, or rats or squirrels eating it. Any guesses? no idea. did it get sprayed with something? frosted? dessicating winds? it would help if you described where you are at. it may come back just fine without anything else needing to be done if the stalks and roots are still green and able to grow. songbird |
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Red apple ice plant in bad shape
"songbird" wrote in message ...
Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote: What could cause a whole hill of red apple to die? It's been healthy for 15 years with very little care, now within a couple of months the whole hill is brown. Looking up close, the roots and stalks that are still green look fine. I'll take some to the nursery this weekend and ask. My guess would be some kind of disease, something filtering thru the soil from uphill neighbor, or rats or squirrels eating it. Any guesses? no idea. did it get sprayed with something? frosted? dessicating winds? it would help if you described where you are at. it may come back just fine without anything else needing to be done if the stalks and roots are still green and able to grow. songbird Never sprayed, no unusual winds or below 40 deg F. S Calif. |
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Red apple ice plant in bad shape
On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:57:01 -0500, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney
wrote: What could cause a whole hill of red apple to die? It's been healthy for 15 years with very little care, now within a couple of months the whole hill is brown. Looking up close, the roots and stalks that are still green look fine. I'll take some to the nursery this weekend and ask. My guess would be some kind of disease, something filtering thru the soil from uphill neighbor, or rats or squirrels eating it. Any guesses? I can't answer your question but here is a list of land grant universities in the U.S. http://www.tiac.net/~mabaker/land-grant.html One of the things a land grant university does is conduct agricultural research. The University of Nebraska in Lincoln publishes something called NebGuides. This http://extensionpubs.unl.edu/# is the website. YOu might find something there. -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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