man i cant hear that enough.. sure dont hear it around the house much.. lol ...

but i dont understand.. all those beautiful pips.. just melted into oblivion???

if so.. i have to say.. i think someone else suggested the rot.. credit where credit is due ...

but i am the one.. who for a decade has said Pizzazz is a piece of carp ... lol ...

if i can save just one person from ever wasting the money.. i will be happy

thx

ken

ps: you know.. i try not to make most of this stuff up.. lol ...

PPS: even had you washed it all off.. bleached it to the max.. it would have died anyway.. i have NEVER saved a plant.. once its rotted .... never ....

No, I don't think anyone knew what it was. Someone suggested it was the remains of a scape, but I didn't remember.

The part about you being right was the suicide Pizzazz.

bk

This is getting old. Let's start a "Ken was Wrong again" thread.

Steve

Maybe it's this nasty stuff?

Don B.

Here is a link that might be useful: 'Rust Mold on Plants'

Sorry,but Pizzazz has always grown well for me,and it's in a half whiskey barrel,planted outside in my garden. Not everyone can grow every plant. I have a June,and it's always been a slow grower,and this year it finally has 3 eyes,even after I've had it since 2005. Just my opinion. Phil

I took the photo on 2/17. The [orange] spot was firm. I pulled it out of the pot, and it had good root structure.

Beginning the first of March, we've had lots of cool/cold weather, so everything that wasn't up by then stalled out. I had ignored the pot. Actually, it didn't look that different than it did on 2/17.

Tuesday, I noticed fungus gnats on it. Most of the crown had rotted and was separate from the roots at that point. I may have been able to save one pip, but I have a ton of tiny plants I'm nursing back from the demon doglet's rampages, so I just chunked it. (I fell like I'm running a hosta baby icu right now with all the tiny plants.)

It's too bad, too. It seemed like it was going to do well and I really liked the shape.

I'll recognize the problem next time, though.

bk

That dog's still alive? ;)

Don B.