. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 28 The Rorists^ Review. DECBAfBER 4, 1919. BUD-ROT or OABNATIONS. Some of my carnation buds, when beginning to show color, rot in the cen- ter. Can you tell me what is the cause of this! The trouble has appeared ^"If'iC*^® Matchless, Enchantress and White Enchantress and is confined to stock that was shipped in. There has been a great deal of cloudy weather during the last six weeks and the plants are not growing as they should. I am syringing them on bright days about twice a week. Is that often enough! H. L. U.—Kan. Your carnations are troub
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 28 The Rorists^ Review. DECBAfBER 4, 1919. BUD-ROT or OABNATIONS. Some of my carnation buds, when beginning to show color, rot in the cen- ter. Can you tell me what is the cause of this! The trouble has appeared ^"If'iC*^® Matchless, Enchantress and White Enchantress and is confined to stock that was shipped in. There has been a great deal of cloudy weather during the last six weeks and the plants are not growing as they should. I am syringing them on bright days about twice a week. Is that often enough! H. L. U.—Kan. Your carnations are troubled with what 18 known as bud-rot. This is due to a tiny insect, which causes the petals to stick and rot during periods of slow development. Toward spring, when the buds develop faster, this pest will not give much trouble. Cut oflf and burn all buds which are in this condition. Then spray or fumigate regularly with one of the nicotine preparations. Make semi- weekly applications until the trouble disappears, after which one application each week will suffice. Frequent syrine- ing would aggravate the trouble: there- fore. If there are no signs of red spider, 1 would dispense with syringing for a time or at least reduce it to once a week and be sure to select a bright day. A * ™5n Vi P^"'".'''' *'°® °^ yo"'' steam pipes will help to dry up the moisture in the evening. A. F. J. B. BUDS INJUEED BY PEOST. Under separate cover we are mailing you a sample of our carnations, which are badly affected with some disease. We should like to know whether there 18 any remedy for it. We rebuilt two houses in the fall, but failed to get the glass m before a hard frost came Both the houses were open and the plants ex- posed, with the temperature down to 10 or 12 degrees below freezing point for two nights, so that the plants on the entire seven benches were iniured more or less. Our cut for October and r^lovember was not more than ten to ySr' On'tif'''* °^- '^^K "^
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