Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Cutting Edge technology can help your plants.., 1 by KRNYSGIRL

KRNYSGIRL wrote:
Hi, Jeff -

Okay, I will try to show you a few examples. I'm really sorry I don't have good before/after pics - but I didn't take any good pictures of my daturas when they were in really bad shape before I started using messenger - it didn't occur to me at the time I might want to show others the results. But their growth was pretty stunted by the cool wet summer we have had and four lined beetles had riddled the leaves with holes - also many of the flowers developed brown spots all over them as soon as they opened and looked awful. Here is the best I could do for a composite pic of the Daturas I put together - The top picture shows the triple yellow taken in July before Messenger - if you look carefully you will see the leaves are riddled with holes (from the beetles) - and believe me this was one of the best blossoms I had all year - which was why I took this picture. Now..the bottom two pics I took yesterday - notice how green and healthy the foliage is now and the blossoms - crisp, strong and not a spot on them... see my next two postings for more pics..