. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. STEM-ROT AGAIN. Several of our carnation plants are dying and we -would like to Icnow if you can explain the cause. They were benched about September 20 and were large plants, having buds on them. Be- ing close to the house, we took them up with large clumps of soil on theln and put them in the bench. We wet them down well after planting and have watered moderately since then.' They die at the ground and the tops lop over. The roots, some of them, re- main alive and sprout out. We have lost about 150 or more. We can not find any insect or anything
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. STEM-ROT AGAIN. Several of our carnation plants are dying and we -would like to Icnow if you can explain the cause. They were benched about September 20 and were large plants, having buds on them. Be- ing close to the house, we took them up with large clumps of soil on theln and put them in the bench. We wet them down well after planting and have watered moderately since then.' They die at the ground and the tops lop over. The roots, some of them, re- main alive and sprout out. We have lost about 150 or more. We can not find any insect or anything on them or in the soil. The plants were benched in good, well rotted sod, thoroughly pulverized. They are strong, vigorous- looking plants and are full of buds, but a few days later are dead. S. & S. You are losing your cariiation plants by way of the common wet stem-rot. There are many causes of stem-rot, and without more detail it would be impos- sible' to determine the cause of your trouble. You may have set your plants too deeply into the new soil. They should not be much deeper than they were in the field. The fungus may have been in an active state in the soil when you brought it into the house. Still again, the necessary watering and spraying during the first few days after benching the plants may have started the fungus into activity. Lime undoubtedly is the best agent for checking this disease. Take some air-slaked lime and dust the plants heavily with it, and see that it reaches the stems of the plants as well as the soil immediately around them. In fact, you can dash it into the plants and between the rows without doing the least harm. "Do not wifEhdld the water too much, but water carefully for a -time. Give abundant ventilation at every opportu- nity. Do everything possible to pro- mote a sturdy growth. Do not apply any heavy mulch, at least until you have the stem-rot under control. When you take out a dead plant, either take out the soil immediately arou
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