. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists' Review Seftembeb 30, STEM - ROT. Unusually Prevalent This Year. Numerous reports, coining from all directions, indicate that there is an un- usual amount of stem-rot throughout the country. The cause of it, no doubt, is the excessive rainfall through the en- . tire summer season. Some growers re- port heavy losses in the field, especially where the ground lay low and the water did not drain off readily. In fields which showed traces of stem-rot the previous season, there would also be an increase of the disease during such a
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists' Review Seftembeb 30, STEM - ROT. Unusually Prevalent This Year. Numerous reports, coining from all directions, indicate that there is an un- usual amount of stem-rot throughout the country. The cause of it, no doubt, is the excessive rainfall through the en- . tire summer season. Some growers re- port heavy losses in the field, especially where the ground lay low and the water did not drain off readily. In fields which showed traces of stem-rot the previous season, there would also be an increase of the disease during such a season as this. Others report large losses in the houses after benching the plants. These are simply cases of hav- ing transferred the trouble to the house before it broke out in the field. In fact, it was hastened somewhat by the closer atmosphere in the house. There is no disease more demoralizing,. per- haps, than the common wet stem-rot. Once it gets a fair start in a bench, under conditions that are favorable to its development, it soon destroys enough plants to make the bench un- profitable. We always expect to lose a few plants pach year by this disease, and this loss does not give us any par- ticular concern. One can readily dis- tinguish between this mild form of the disease and the sort that is likely to get beyond the grower's control. In the one case you will notice that a single plant is lost here and there, showing that the fungus has done its damage and is gone, being either de- stroyed or taken ,out with the dead plant. In the other case whole patches of plants are gone, and then the grower is justified in being alarmed and should resort to heroic treatment. Preventive Measures in the House. Just as soon after benching as the soil gets into workable condition, we break up the crust that has formed on top during the period of frequent syringing. This lets the air into the soil and has a tendency to retard the development of the stem-rot fungus. Then, just as the
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