Greg Dorst wrote:
> If it is injured or sick it finds its way to my house.
>
> Paeoniifolius Bulb, received from my friend, appears to have an injury
> from possible digging instrument used for its removal. It has been out of
> the soil for about 4 weeks. The gash is about 7" long and 4" wide. Ya it
> is a nice size one for sure. I have used a spoon yesterday 11-14-04 and
> removed the "Mush" and "decay", and some seemingly discolored tissue up to
> the point of clean healthy flesh. I would like to save this bulb if
> possible. There is a few spots remaining which appear as slight
> discoloration ( dark spots ) but still, "semi firm" that would require
> deeper and more radical tissue insult to remove. I would say that I
> extracted a good 15% of the bulbs mass. Is there anything else which I
> should do other than say a prayer? Is the extraction of the decay the
> proper means to save the bulb? Is there a wonder application to end future
> decay? The soil the plant was in, is it considered contaminated? My
> suggestion to that was, " dump it and avoid the risk of any possible
> contamination ".
> Thank you
> Gregg and Maggie Dorst
> gregg1-@charter.net
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