![]() Plant one and let me know what happens.Įmail Walter at. Australian tree fern, Cyathea cooperi, is the hardiest of the bunch, but I doubt it could tolerate the cold temperatures north of Macon. Q: Are there any tree ferns that can be grown outdoors in the Atlanta area? Ken Buckner, emailĪ: No. Likewise, I very much doubt there is anything left after five years that would affect plant growth. Lower soil pH encourages disease.Ī: It seems to me that you have two questions: Will the termite bait station contaminate the tomato fruit, and will the bait station affect the growth of your tomato plant? I feel confident in saying that the contents of the station, usually untreated wood, cardboard or a chemical bait that has been studied for years to make sure it poses no harm to humans or pets, would not contain anything harmful to you via the fruit. Maintain adequate soil pH for optimum plant growth. Modify planting dates to avoid conditions that favor disease development wait until May to plant in a shaded bed. This buries infected plant debris and sclerotia. One strategy is to invert the soil in your beds each year. ![]() Home gardeners have few options other than providing perfect growing conditions. Commercial growers fumigate the soil to control the disease. The fungus produces lots of stringy white hyphae or mycelia around infected parts and in and on the soil. The fungus survives in the soil as tiny, tan to brown, round balls of sclerotia. It results from infection by a soilborne fungus: Sclerotium rolfsii. The disease is also called southern wilt, southern stem rot and southern root rot. It is almost impossible to control in a home garden. ![]() Samina Shariff, emailĪ: Your plants have Southern blight. The condition starts with the plant wilting overnight, and when I pull it up, I find white stuff on the roots and on the base of the stem. Q: Can you please help me identify what’s killing my vegetable plants? They were started indoors, given excellent growing conditions in raised beds with compost, and irrigated with drip irrigation. ![]()
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