. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 60 The Florists' Review July 80. 1914. miscellaneous expenses incident thereto, $32,; Vegetable Forcing CLUB SOOT ON CU0X7MBEBS. Can you tell me what causes club root on cucumbers? Is there any pre- rentivet H. H. Club Foot is caused by a fungus which develops within the cells of the roots, causing them to become distorted and often to die. After the plants die the spores become mixed with the soil, ready to fasten on some other host plant when conditions are favorable. Many of the common weeds are sub- ject to club root, but it is not usu
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 60 The Florists' Review July 80. 1914. miscellaneous expenses incident thereto, $32,; Vegetable Forcing CLUB SOOT ON CU0X7MBEBS. Can you tell me what causes club root on cucumbers? Is there any pre- rentivet H. H. Club Foot is caused by a fungus which develops within the cells of the roots, causing them to become distorted and often to die. After the plants die the spores become mixed with the soil, ready to fasten on some other host plant when conditions are favorable. Many of the common weeds are sub- ject to club root, but it is not usually troublesome on,cultivated plants if the soil conditions are favorable, particu- larly in regard to moisture. I have not heard of any cure for club root when once it has appeared. When a house has shown the trouble, it would not do to plant another crop there without changing the soil or giving a thorough sterilization. C. W. The Market. t BLIGHT ON OUCUMBEBS. My cucumber vines are dying. The noil is moist and is well worked. I am sending a leaf from an affected plant. If you can suggest a remedy it will be greatly appreciated. S. A. B. The leaf forwarded was affected by blight. Of late years this has been de- structive to both cucumbers and melons outdoors. It does not usually make its appearance until we get the first really cool nights, followed by extremely hot days, late in July or early in August. Personally, I believe the cold nights accompanied by heavy dews start the trouble. The oldest leaves always go first, but the whole plant soon becomes affected, the blight spreading rapidly. So serious has this disease become that some large cucumber growers have abandoned their culture. I have in mind one firm which annually had 500 acres of pickling cucumbers and had to drop them entirely. There is no sure remedy for this trouble. I have tried the effect of spraying with Bordeaux mixture and other fungicides long before the blight appeared. This does help in some meas- ure
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