Was: Babiana rubrocyanea - NOW Plumbing

Mark Mazer markemazer@gmail.com
Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:58:41 PST
Management of environment (lower humidity, higher temps) and fungicides can
control this.

Mark Mazer
Hertford, NC USDA 8a

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Makiko Goto-Widerman <
makikogotowiderman@me.com> wrote:

> Mark,
> I should toss the plants?
>
> Makiko
>
> On Jan 14, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Mark Mazer <markemazer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Browning at Babiana leaf tips is  an indication of a wintertime Botrytis
> > infection.
> >
> > Mark Mazer
> > Hertford, NC USDA 8a
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 2:38 PM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Bob,
> >>
> >>        You seem to have hit the nail on the head (Carpenter -wise) with
> >> your plumbing suggestions.  Bad roots usually means bad leaf tips. Too
> far
> >> from the water source to ‘prime' the ‘pump' and ‘pipes’  all the way to
> the
> >> leaf tips.
> >>
> >>        And like you I have salt build up and pH changes due to hard
> >> water. Some plants need frequent ‘flushing’. Usually a summer outdoors
> >> gives them enough rain water flushing to last for a long time, but watch
> >> out. Pots get crusted with calcium deposits and need heavy cleaning and
> >> brushing before reuse.
> >>
> >>        I’ll keep this hand plumbing vocabulary in mind for the future.
> >>             Best            Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Jan 14, 2015, at 12:47 PM, penstemon <penstemon@Q.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Browning at the leaf tips is the first sign that what Jerry Morris
> >> (dwarf conifers) calls “the pump” is not working properly. The area
> >> farthest away from the roots, the leaf tips, is the first to show signs
> of
> >> inadequate hydration.
> >>>
> >>> One of the most startling things I read there was the necessity of
> >> flushing the potting mix (with water) from time to time to avoid salt
> >> build-up, and the effect salts have on root hydraulic conductivity.
> >>
> >>
> >> James Waddick
> >> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd
> >> Kansas City, MO 64152-2711
> >> USA
> >> Phone     816-746-1949
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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