Day: October 15, 2009

basal rot and tulips

Basal rot is caused by a fungus called fusarium oxysporum spp narcissus, which lives in the soil. (See Dr. Ted Snazelle’s book, “Daffodil Diseases and Pests”, available from ADS.) It might diminish in numbers if there are no host plants,…

Mystery Poet

Hello All,   Went back out to check on the label – lines up with my record book but on close examination the rest of the row has flowered much earlier (and are setting seed open pollinated – better collect…

Split Poet

Hello All,   Here is something interesting – one of Denise MxQuarrie’s poets ex Max.  A small split. All of the flowers are the same but Denise might like to comment if this is an aberration – it’s A38.  Also…

Opening attachment/s

Hi Daffnetters, There were two replies re non-successful opening of our attachments. We were able to open and see the attachment that came back via Daffnet, assume most others could successfully open also (?????). Maybe someone could save what we…