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| Hi,
I've been growing AVs for 15 years, and all of a sudden all of them begun acting strangely. They're throwing multiple crowns all over the place and doing other peculiar things sprouting like tiny little leaves (and even tiny little new plants) out of the surfaces of other mature leaves. I've been clipping and snipping and growing up the babies, but it's starting to get ridiculous. None of them suffered any damage to precipitate new growth. They're all standards or semi-minis (not trailers), and a mix of named varieties and my own cultivars. Does anyone know of a reason that they might begin to do this? They aren't infested with insects, and I haven't exposed them to high levels of gamma radiation (a la Spiderman). If it's something simple, I'd love to know how to fix it - thanks! |
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- Posted by seattlemarigene (My Page) on Wed, Apr 2, 08 at 18:25
| Maybe you should ask the water dept if they are adding anything new to the water just in case? |
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- Posted by dragonfly2008 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 3, 08 at 17:25
| That is strange behavior! Have you changed fertilizers or anything? It sounds like they are reacting to some sort of stress. |
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| Maybe it's time for you to get rid of you depeleted uranium collection. :D |
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| You also might double-check your pH. Good luck and let us know what happens. Korina |
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- Posted by stlawrence_river 2b Canada (My Page) on Sat, Aug 9, 08 at 15:23
| Update: Thanks for all the suggestions. All I can report is that as unexpectedly as it began, the strange growth habit has stopped. After three months, they've gone back to normal. The babies are growing out perfectly normally. As long as it doesn't recur, I'm contented to put it down to sunspots :) |
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- Posted by stlawrence_river 2b Canada (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 08 at 19:20
Found a photo of what the plants were doing.  The arrows are the tiny plantlets sprouting from another leaf. |
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| Wow - this is amazing. Even more amazing that this plant grew out of it! |
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- Posted by violetta1976 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 08 at 21:26
| That's crazy! Thanks for posting a pic, I wouldn't have understood just how bizarre the behavior was otherwise! I'm going with the gamma radiation theory. How are YOU doing? Did any extra limbs or super powers suddenly suddenly show up? |
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