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| During my usual "cleaning out" of one of my beds, I noticed that behind my volcano phlox their stems were splitting. The plants from the front look healthy although there are some yellowing of the leaves near the bottom that can be seen from the front. Would this be from too much moisture? What do you think you all?
General view of bed.
2 views of stems behind the plants
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 15, 11 at 12:27
| any history of fertilization.. glorious lawn.. is that fertilized with spray ... weedkiller.. etc .... more info please .. ken |
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- Posted by grandma_gardener_02 z5 PA (My Page) on Fri, Jul 15, 11 at 18:12
| Yes, I have lightly fertilized it with Petersons once this spring and just a few days ago. The lawn does well as my husband put several inches of good earth down before he seeded it. He also fertilizes maybe twice a year. This is only one small bed in our back. If you would be interested in seeing a lot of glorious pix, let me know [and also how I could do it]. We have I think about 30 beds in all. |
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| The same thing happened to my phlox this year. I do not fertilize the lawn or use weed killer. Since we are both in Pa I think it is weather related. We had a strange Spring and Summer. |
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| What's the weather pattern been? It reminds me of cracked tomatoes,which happens when things have been dry then there's alot of rain/water. The stems looked lke they got woody, then swelled and cracked. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 17, 11 at 9:52
| yeah.. best GUESS i have.. is that .. since all the damage is within the first 6 inches ... some weather phenom occurred.. way back when... that caused it ... as to what.. who knows .. a multiplicity of guesses: frosted at planting or just after growth began frankly.. i figure its just going to be one of those mysteries that is never really answered ... all i can say is that something.. in its CULTURE ... its growing conditions ... was off this spring.. not enough to cause a problem as to bloom and vigor [since they look nice] .... but enough to make a pleasant conversation ... you may never see it again ... ken |
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- Posted by grandma_gardener_02 z5 PA (My Page) on Sun, Jul 17, 11 at 11:34
| I think you may be right about he weather. Guess I will go with what you said, Ken. Just let it go. As you said the blooms are still nice. In fact, more keep coming. |
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