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From: sparky4114 at mac.com (Thom Powell) on 2008.04.05 at 00:04:08(17293)
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WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
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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:
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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!
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----- Original Message ----
From: Thom Powell
To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
with me....
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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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> 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
> sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
> getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
> with me...._______________________________________________
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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.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 7, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Sheldon Hatheway
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wrote:
> 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
> Canby OR zone 7B
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Thom Powell
> To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
> sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
> getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
> with me....
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
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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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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
Canby OR zone 7B
----- Original Message ----
From: Thom Powell
To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
with me....
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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.
Sent from my iPhone
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On Apr 7, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Susan B wrote:
> 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,
>
> 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
> Canby OR zone 7B
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Thom Powell
> To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
> sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
> getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
> with me....
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
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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: Thom Powell
To: Discussion of aroids
Sent: Monday, April 7, 2008 6:51:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 7, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Susan B wrote:
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,
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
Canby OR zone 7B
----- Original Message ----
From: Thom Powell
To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
with me....
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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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On Apr 7, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Sheldon Hatheway
wrote:
> 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
> Canby OR zone 7B
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Thom Powell
> To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
> sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
> getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
> with me....
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of
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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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[mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Thom Powell
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:57 PM
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello....it only came up Feb. 1st....
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 7, 2008, at 2:47 AM, E Morano wrote:
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
sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
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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: Susan B
To: Discussion of aroids
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 7, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Sheldon Hatheway
wrote:
> 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
> Canby OR zone 7B
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Thom Powell
> To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
> sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
> getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
> with me....
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of
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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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Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 8, 2008, at 3:02 AM, Sheldon Hatheway
wrote:
> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Thom Powell
> To: Discussion of aroids
> Sent: Monday, April 7, 2008 6:51:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 7, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Susan B wrote:
>
>> 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,
>>
>> 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
>> Canby OR zone 7B
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Thom Powell
>> To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
>> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
>> Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>
>> WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
>> sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
>> getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
>> with me....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________________________________
>> You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of
>> Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.
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>>
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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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----- Original Message ----
From: Thom Powell
To: Discussion of aroids
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 6:32:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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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On Apr 8, 2008, at 3:02 AM, Sheldon Hatheway wrote:
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: Thom Powell
To: Discussion of aroids
Sent: Monday, April 7, 2008 6:51:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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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On Apr 7, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Susan B wrote:
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,
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
Canby OR zone 7B
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From: Thom Powell
To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 5:04:08 PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY ARE THE LEAVES OF MY DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS DOING THIS? it's not
sun burn... all of the sudden the leaves stared dying back and are
getting worse as we speak.... I am a nubie at this so please bear
with me....
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