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Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 16:39
| Any ideas what hit my phlox in early August? It was doing great, then all of a sudden wilted and turned brown (as in the photo). This happened sporadically to several phlox plants in the same garden bed. I'd welcome any help with this one.
Thanks.
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- Posted by trianglejohn z7b NC (johnbuettner@hotmail.com) on Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 20:19
| I've never seen them turn that color before. If the death was sudden (one or two days) then I would guess that it was some form of root rot or some animal (like a vole) ate the root mass underground. |
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- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 16:17
| Yeah, I was thinking vole also . Galloping Horse, what did the roots look like when you pulled up the plant? |
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- Posted by GallopingHorse none (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 17:47
| Thanks for your answers. The roots were still attached, so I doubt it's voles. When I've had them in the past, I'd lift up the plant and there would be no roots, so the stem just lifted off. I was thinking maybe a soil disease, but I can't figure out what kind. |
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- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 18:08
| But isn't that a phlox there to the left that looks green and healthy? |
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- Posted by GallopingHorse none (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 18:44
| Yes. Some of my phlox is fine, some (not just the one pictured) isn't. It's a mystery. But I saw a shoot coming out of the ground this afternoon where this one was, so maybe it's not entirely dead yet! I'm wondering if the extreme heat (the 2 weeks of 100-ish weather in July) may have been too much for it. Again, most of the other things in the garden did fine, even with that heat, so I just don't know. |
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