Daydream fund challenge part 4

alfie_1

choille wrote: »

Is it a dicentra? They just go plop after a bit & it'll be back next Spring.

Really nasty day here, but the wee lamb is gorgeous - I think I'll call her Storm, or cloudy, or just Rain.....

how about "rainbow" ? always a pot of gold at the end of it

choille

She's as black as coal. Rainbow would be so wrong!

Fay

It's not the natural die back Choille sadly. I've got a few and this is something very odd, I wish I could post a photo

I_have_spoken

I'd be thinking of lifting the dicentra with a good amount of soil then wash off in a bucket of water a look for grubs. If the roots are eaten through, vine weevil would be a candidate.

Fay

Thanks guys, I'll lift it at the weekend and see. It's strange how quick it's spreading, it's not a closely planted border at all as its one I've only just started working on. It's driving me mad lol

DawnW

I_have_spoken wrote: »

I'd be thinking of lifting the dicentra with a good amount of soil then wash off in a bucket of water a look for grubs. If the roots are eaten through, vine weevil would be a candidate.

If you dig around the plants with a trowel, you will spot the little blighters if it is vine weevil. Are they problematic in borders though, I have only ever had trouble with them in pots and containers? The nematode things made a good job of getting rid of them - although for ornamentals there are other things that can be used, that might be quicker....

alfie_1

choille wrote: »

She's as black as coal. Rainbow would be so wrong!

cloud .... :rotfl:


scotty.......:rotfl:


coal-ition ....:rotfl:

Fay

choille wrote: »

She's as black as coal. Rainbow would be so wrong!

Midnight? I think rainbow is a funny name for her though lol

choille

Midnight does sound nice. I don't normally name them.

Hissing it down again & blowing a hooley....again.

I really do think we should be getting a reduction in the Council tax.

Today we will be expecting to finish the fill on the en-suite. It's looking a great shape & the narrow band of windows on three sides where the bath will sit - a bath - just think - a bath- are looking good. Amazing how the trees have grown up & the scrub. I sat in the bath when it was in place - not fitted yet. It's a deep one. I think we will need to raise it. I also should take out some trees so I can see the loch - just cut out a path. I can't wait to get out there with a saw.

I think we will be able to use it as a boat - the bath. With all this rain we may very well have to use it for that.

Davesnave

Twisted foliage might indicate poisoning with glyphosate, Fay, especially if the plant yellows. Have you been using weedkiller near the affected plants? Or could a neighbour have been using it nearby? Slight spray drift won't kill plants, but it can set them back.

Apart from that, twisted foliage can come with a virus, but these are normally species specific, or a fungus, but again, I wouldn't expect this to cross easily between different species.

It's a mystery.:(