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Post by hegory on Nov 20, 2011 17:26:21 GMT -10
My ventricosa has been battling rust-spot for about a year now, does anyone know what I can do about it? I don't like using fungicides, and was wondering if anyone had a easier, more natural alternative? It might be the soil mix, I have been meaning to transplant it into a better mix. Right now it is in pure LFS... not a good medium i know. I was wondering if it would help to change it to a more neutral growing medium.
thanks,
Greg
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Post by hegory on Nov 23, 2011 19:24:24 GMT -10
still wondering how to get rid of this pesky disease!
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Post by whimgrinder on Nov 24, 2011 4:29:30 GMT -10
Can you post photos for a diagnosis?
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Post by hegory on Nov 24, 2011 9:33:49 GMT -10
here are the photos,   |
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Post by hegory on Nov 24, 2011 9:35:16 GMT -10
It causes the pitchers to grow deformed and the lid to open prematurely, it also only seems to appear on the new growth.
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Post by whimgrinder on Nov 24, 2011 10:32:42 GMT -10
The kind of tissue collapse seen on the upper leaf surface is typically bacterial in nature, not fungal. I don't think you have a fungal disease at all, but I hope some other folks weigh in on the matter.
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Post by hegory on Nov 25, 2011 13:20:17 GMT -10
yeah, it does look to be more bacterial than fungal.
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Post by hegory on Nov 26, 2011 13:55:54 GMT -10
new leaf opening today, hope it wont be sick too.
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Post by whimgrinder on Nov 26, 2011 14:59:50 GMT -10
If you have a bacterial leaf disease going on, you ought to be thinking about very aggressively dealing with it before it jumps on half your collection. Seriously.
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Post by hegory on Nov 27, 2011 11:28:19 GMT -10
I understand, I just don't know how to get rid of it!}  It doesn't seem to be contagious though. any Ideas? |
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It doesn't seem to be contagious though. any Ideas?