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| Hello all,
I have for your consideration a sickly looking Bilbo Baggins. Other dahlias nearby in the garden are healthy and budding/blooming, but for some reason this guy is not doing well. It does have a bud on it that actually seems to be getting bigger despite the fact that the plant has almost no leaves. I've accepted that Bilbo probably won't make it. So, I'm looking for any drastic measure advice as to what I should do. I did have a leafhopper problem that I'm thinking got this plant worse than the others; I don't think it has a disease. Should I pull it out? (probably) Since it's probably going to die anyway should I take off all of its old leaves and leave the few new ones it has - just as an experiment? Any drastic advice? Thanks,
PS Sorry the picture is so ginormous! |
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- Posted by vikingcraftsman 6/7LINY (My Page) on Thu, Aug 7, 08 at 23:16
| I am not a plant doctor,but try some fugecide. Spray it right on the leaves. |
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- Posted by plantlady2008 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 8, 08 at 21:44
| Pull off the old leaves & see if the new ones do the same thing. If they do then turf it out before it spreads. Look for spider mite webs on the back of the leaves- they turn the leaf edges crispy like that. To see them in person, put a piece of white paper under the leaf & give the leaf a tap. If little dots are now on the piece of paper you have spider mites. |
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| Thank God someone told me how to see spider mites. I don't see well and the white paper sounds like a great idea. Thanks plantlady. |
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