what interesting and inspiring information. thank you. robin carrier -------------------------------------------------- From: "steven hart" <hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 6:06 PM To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [pbs] Help requested - Brunsvigia josephinae rot <:-( > O what a catastrophe !!! I hope this helps you & others... I have had > this happen to Brunsvegia Josephinae crosses too, after repeated goat > attacks & with heavy spring rains at the same time. The little buggers > !... I am predominantly an organic gardener, but have some prior > experiance in the field of rots from my wholesale nursery days. > > I always keep some Fungarid handy for emergancies, so i used that. It is a > systemic fungaside 250g/kg FURALAXYL it targets dampening off & root rots > caused by Pythium & Phytophthopra & i also found it successful with > Rhizoctonia amongst other things. I have saved commersial batches of > several > thousand plants at a time, in rows that 100 plants a night would die, so > it > has well & truly proven its self to me. Mine grew a whole new centre > almost > from the outside in, it took forever though. The same thing happened with > a beautiful pastel pink Belladonna & i was sure it was done for, i could > stick my whole thumb inside it, same treatment & it threw a bunch of > offsets > & then after the second season it grew a new centre the whole time it held > water like a cup but was healthy inside so it did not rot again. > > If i thought i was going to loose any of my cantelabra lilies i would try > anything, fungicide, sulphur dusting, cleaning, i have even been known > to scrup out really bad rots in deep wounds with a cut down tooth brush > dipped in dilute chlorine, then rinse with water & fungicide, the sweet > little Bandicoots cause the wounds by mistake ( Bandicoot a little forest > animal about the size of a cat that love digging deep down beside bulbs to > find grubs & worms) a few of them can dig hundreds of fist size holes in a > night, most people would hate that but i use them to my advantage & > roughly > scrape mulch soil or sand into the holes & the water penetration is > excellent, the bulbs flourish thanks to the little critters. > > I bet my last remedy raises an eyebrow ! I hope there is no other organic > gardeners watching, i can here them whispering "chlorine" what was he > thinking he he :-) But now days i usually leave it to byodiversity & i > rarely ever have any problems unless it is a byproduct of something like a > goat attack....My gardens are ritch with organic material which i till > over > regularly & the worm & bacterial & fungal growth is excellent, my bulbs > grow > like crazy ! > > I really hope u are successful in saving your bulb, it still looks very > savable to me. > Steven Hart, Esk Sub tropical Queensland Australia > > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Ken <kjblack@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> I discovered some rot in the upper old leaf bases of this Brunsvigia >> josephinae. It bloomed in August and September this year ... and we had >> a >> freak heavy rainstorm then followed by warm weather ... which I suspect >> is >> responsible for this rot. Any suggestions on treatment? Sulphur? A >> fungicide? >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >