Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What the............???, 1 by wholyhosta

wholyhosta wrote:
Here is a photo of the growing tip or one branch. The stunted/deformed growth is only on branches carried over from last year, old growth. A new growth shoot looks perfectly normal and unaffected so far, as you can see in the top of the photo.

Jim, thanks for all that information. You are right, this is the first I have heard of the possibility of nematodes, even tho they are so prevelant in our plants and soils. I would not like to risk the plant so infected right now, as it is special and my duplicate plants are of course fine! We call those companion plants pyrethrum daisies. I will do this next year. I know that marigolds are planted around tomatoes and peppers to attract spider mites ........... and they do! So, I will use some liquid sevin- when do you apply the second dose?