Moldy lupins - help!
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I am wondering whether anyone can give me any advice on moldy lupins? The lupins are ones that I raised from seed this year ie. they are very small plants. Unfortunately, this year I have had a real problem with grey mould in my garden, the worst affected were my verbena bonariansis plants, my honeysuckles and the lupins. I am wondering what I should do with the lupins now? The options seem to be: - spray them with the anti-fungal that I have been using moderately successfully on some other stuff? - cut them right down and wait for them to grow back next year? - did them right up and start again?! Any advice gratefully received! All the best Ruth |
Moldy lupins - help!
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... Hi I am wondering whether anyone can give me any advice on moldy lupins? The lupins are ones that I raised from seed this year ie. they are very small plants. Unfortunately, this year I have had a real problem with grey mould in my garden, the worst affected were my verbena bonariansis plants, my honeysuckles and the lupins. I am wondering what I should do with the lupins now? The options seem to be: - spray them with the anti-fungal that I have been using moderately successfully on some other stuff? - cut them right down and wait for them to grow back next year? - did them right up and start again?! Any advice gratefully received! All the best Ruth You should cut them right down and they'll grow again next year. Everything gets a bit mouldy once it gets cold and damp so don't worry about it too much. I also get it on my honeysuckle but I'm surprised the verbena got it. -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
Moldy lupins - help!
Hi Martin Thanks for the advice.....yes, it's quite odd as the mold problem actually started in the summer during the very hot period. I assumed that mold could be a problem during a warm humid summer but not in the heat that we got this year. I was careful to water from the bottom and not to get water all over the foliage but even so, the mold persisted. Ruth In article , "Martin Sykes" wrote: "Ruth" wrote in message ... Hi I am wondering whether anyone can give me any advice on moldy lupins? The lupins are ones that I raised from seed this year ie. they are very small plants. Unfortunately, this year I have had a real problem with grey mould in my garden, the worst affected were my verbena bonariansis plants, my honeysuckles and the lupins. I am wondering what I should do with the lupins now? The options seem to be: - spray them with the anti-fungal that I have been using moderately successfully on some other stuff? - cut them right down and wait for them to grow back next year? - did them right up and start again?! Any advice gratefully received! All the best Ruth You should cut them right down and they'll grow again next year. Everything gets a bit mouldy once it gets cold and damp so don't worry about it too much. I also get it on my honeysuckle but I'm surprised the verbena got it. |
Moldy lupins - help!
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