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From: sparky4114 at mac.com (Thom Powell) on 2008.04.05 at 00:04:08(17293)

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From: ironious2 at yahoo.com (E Morano) on 2008.04.07 at 06:47:43(17296)
Hi that plant is not an evergreen. How long has it been above ground?

Thom Powell wrote:
WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not

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From: sfhatheway at yahoo.com (Sheldon Hatheway) on 2008.04.07 at 15:20:07(17301)
Thom,

I don't know what's happening to your Dracunculus. I do have a question for you. What zone do you live in? Dracunculus are perfectly hardy outside (in the ground) here in Canby, OR zone 7B. Mine have survived near zero winters a couple of times and the inflorescence on one was 20" long and over 12" wide!! Quite spectacular (an opinion not necessarily shared by my downwind neighbor!). I usually mulch mine with a few inches of leaves if the weather gets really cold.

Good growing!

Sheldon Hatheway

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From: sparky4114 at mac.com (Thom Powell) on 2008.04.07 at 20:57:25(17306)
Hello....it only came up Feb. 1st....

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On Apr 7, 2008, at 2:47 AM, E Morano wrote:

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From: sparky4114 at mac.com (Thom Powell) on 2008.04.07 at 21:01:15(17308)
Sheldon, I am a zone 5, that's why I grew it in a pot inside. Thanks.

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On Apr 7, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Sheldon Hatheway

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From: honeybunny442 at yahoo.com (Susan B) on 2008.04.07 at 21:20:41(17310)
Could be fertilizer burn. Or bugs. Is the plant grown indoors? Do you see anything on the underside of the leaf?

Sheldon Hatheway wrote: Thom,

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From: mickpascall at hotmail.com (Michael Pascall) on 2008.04.07 at 22:51:13(17313)
Is that a Philo. goeldii ? they are very tropical , and it may be suffering a slight case of cold burn .Michael Pascall,
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From: sparky4114 at mac.com (Thom Powell) on 2008.04.08 at 01:51:54(17317)
Well I only fertilized with a small amount..... And def not bugs! I
(unfortunately) know and seen the effects of all different types of
bugs... I've worked several greenhouses in the last 10 years.... It
looks as if the plant is dying slowly, the "stem" is now looking weary.

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From: sfhatheway at yahoo.com (Sheldon Hatheway) on 2008.04.08 at 07:02:30(17322)
A previous responder may be right. It might just be going into dormancy. If it dies down, check the corm. It may be fine. If not, I'll be happy to send you one of mine.

Sheldon Hatheway

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From: honeybunny442 at yahoo.com (Susan B) on 2008.04.08 at 12:48:57(17328)
It probably is dying. They just don't like living indoors, from my experience.

Thom Powell wrote: Sheldon, I am a zone 5, that's why I grew it in a pot inside. Thanks.

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From: denis at skg.com (Denis) on 2008.04.08 at 16:45:12(17330)
Check for low humidity! Inside humidity in a Northern Home my be lower
than the little guy can tolerate.

Denis

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From: abri1973 at wp.pl (Marek Argent) on 2008.04.08 at 19:01:42(17333)
My plant also. It usually blooms in January and goes into dormancy before spring

Marek

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From: sparky4114 at mac.com (Thom Powell) on 2008.04.09 at 13:32:29(17342)
Sheldon, I just checked the corm this morning.... It was there, BUT
the top layer of "skin" came right off and there were clear, white
thrip-like critters all over under there .... It even had 2 little
corm coming. I threw it away, I didn't want to infest any of my other
plants. I would be very happy to take you up on your offer, and let me
buy one from you. Since I now know that they are hardy to zone 5 (NY)
I will plant it in my garden.
Thanks,
Thom

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From: sfhatheway at yahoo.com (Sheldon Hatheway) on 2008.04.10 at 04:43:29(17359)
Thom, don't throw away the corm!!! As long as it isn't rotten, you may be able to save it. I treat just about ALL infestationS of ANYTHING on ANYTHING with a dilute solution of BLUE DAWN dishwashing detergent (unscented) and water. I mix a small squirt (about 1/2 tsp) in a quart of room-temperature water. Soak the corm in this for as long as it takes to drown all the little critters. Then allow the corm to air dry before replanting. I use this concoction for everything -- watering, soil drenches, foliar sprays, etc. I even add my fertilizer to it. The soap will kill thrips, fungus gnat larvae, nematodes (some anyway) aphids, earwigs, sow bugs, spiders, spider mites, etc., etc., etc. It's not actually the soap that kills, it just breaks the surface tension of the water so the water sticks to all the little nasties and they DROWN DEAD!!! The soap is also a weak fertilizer and it even makes the leaves a little shinier! I have even used it safely
on aphid infestations on my carnivorous Drosera capensis (Cape Sundew). There may be some plants somewhere that will not tolerate this, but as yet, I have not met them.

If you cannot salvage yours, let me know. I can't send you one now because they're already up about a foot high and they don't like to be disturbed when growing, but when they go dormant this Fall, I can dig some up for you.

Good growing

Sheldon

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