Learning how to water plants to increase growth in pots, container or garden - especially how to water roots and tubers. Specialities: root growth or tuber growth of lawns, fuchsias, geraniums, dahlias and begonias.

23 September 2010

Black Leg Disease on Geranium

black leg disease on geraniumRecent cold damp weather has caused Black Leg (a grey furry Botrytis mould on black canker) on this geranium (pelargonium) cutting. This happens at the stem base where it is touched by too damp compost. Once it has reached this stage it is eventually fatal. There is no way back.

Have disposed of it before it starts releasing spores (a fungus's equivalent of seeds) into the air.

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