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Posted by sallygardens none (My Page) on

Thu, Jul 11, 13 at 19:42

These daisies have thrived for four years, and some are still thriving, but I have some that turn yellow, brown, then shrivel up and die. I will try to post some photos below, and would love some advice, or ideas about what might be going on.

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Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 11, 13 at 19:45

in those 4 years.. have you ever divided them???

dig them up.. clean them up.. divide them.. and stick them back in the soil ...

i would tend to do that in sept or so.. unless the plant looked really bad... but then.. if so.. and i had others.. i would dig them up..and find out whats going on underground ...

ken

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Posted by sallygardens none (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 11, 13 at 19:55

Its been two years since I last divided them. The large clump that completely died was one that I took some pieces from the edges to give to friends, without taking it all out of the ground. I threw out that clump but I'll dig up a bit of the ailing ones tonight and examine the roots and take photos.

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Posted by pattyw5 Z5 (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 11, 13 at 20:46

Just out of curiosity, the stems that are laying down will they easily pull off from the plant. If they do I'd suspect crown damage, Find the best part you can after digging up and replant that piece or pieces. I don't grow daisies any more but like said above, they wear out and need divided every couple years to keep healthy.

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Posted by sallygardens none (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 11, 13 at 21:33

Yes, they do. I can just pick it up and hardly need to pull at all to take off a piece.

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Posted by karin_mt 4 MT (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 12, 13 at 9:10

That sounds like crown rot - I've had that on my daisies but we live in an overall arid climate so they seem to just get over it. I don't know what the solution would be elsewhere but I'm sure that someone else will know. Where are you located?

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Posted by sallygardens none (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 12, 13 at 22:48

I'm in East Tennessee. We have had an incredible amount of rain lately, much more than usual.

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