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Wed, Apr 23, 14 at 8:41
| Hi, I'm new to the forum. I just received my chocolate cosmos seedlings from UK but the stems and leaves look like rotted. Fortunately 5/6 seedling roots still look white. (Picture attached) If dahlia having similar condition, will they survive? |
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| What does Choc Cosmos have to do with dahlias? |
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| Medium is definitely soggy however roots do look white which is a good sign. |
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| wasn't this called the black dahlia ? anyhow, I don't know why you had to order them from the u.k. as thom/choca-mocha is widely available here in the usa with. british postage being much higher than our own! I used the format for the name, as they are one and the same plant, so your 'seedlings' are actually all vegetative propagations of one original plant, rather easily & quickly propagated from cuttings that easily take root. . I actually prefer the old original 'chocolate cosmos'.as it was one of a survivor from Kew gardens for many years & self sterile . although it does actually produce tuberous roots, whereas the newer cultivar doesn't seem to, although maybe much more quick to reproduce & make rooted cuttings at a much faster pace, lending itself to rapid culture & sales. I have both, this year, in hopes to make a few seeds, if its even possible. But to me it's worth a try... It really isn't extinct in the wild from what i understand, at least the locality is being kept quiet, so as to prevent it from being extirpated from the wild due to theft. of possibly the entire population. plants aren't legally taken from the wilds of Mexico & the law has been that way, for many years... By now, I suppose yours have either grown or rotted. Here , its readily available, unless sold out for the year already. I much prefer the old 'chocolate cosmos' that survived in Kew gardens in the U.K. as it does produce the tubers and the new form has stringy roots. It didn't want to go dormant last winter & then simply died. So it's more like an annual. Good luck, as the ones sold potted here, at least by mail order are already in growth. |
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