A lady (Dean) stopped by here several weeks ago looking at my Brugs and was asking me about a problem with some of hers. I went over and looked at hers and thought her problem was overwatering. They had die back on the tops. They were sunk in the ground in pots. I told her she needed to take a cutting and have it tested but she wasn't interested so I asked if I could have some of the tips. I took them to the county extention office and had to pay ten dollars to send them off. I just got the report back from these cuttings which was off three of her Brugs. It came back as two fungi, Anthranose and Cylindrocladium stem rot. Not from the pathologist was: Two fungi, Cylindrocladium and Colletotrichum were on the sample. There is little information on how much damage they may be causing on this plant but they are probably causing a fair amount of damage. No chemicals are recommended for control. Cut out any stems at the soil line that are looking bad but if the dieback continues, I suggest getting rid of the entire plant and soil. Scrub the pot in hot soapy water before reusing.
I find very little on the internet about these fungi. I had a Brug earlier this year that showed some diebad but with all the heavy rains we've had, I thought it was too much water and cut the dieback off and it's doing fine. Now I wonder did mine have these fungi. It was a white Brug that the tag had been lost from but it's a Brug I've had for two years. I haven't been able to catch Dean at home to let her know what the findings were. Have any of you heard of these fungi?
What is it?
Gosh, doesn't sound like fun. I've heard of of Anthranose, but don't ask me anything about it. The others are more than ten letters long so I can't even pronounce them. LOL! Hope you find some information about each of these fungi. It seems there is more and more cropping up each year.
Ada:
Here are a few documents. I didn't have a chance to read them as I am off to work. I will check on this thread when I get home tonight.
Cylindrocladium
http://www.mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/Foliage/Resrpts/rh_96_6.htm
http://www.forestpests.org/nursery/cylindrocladiumdiseases.html
Colletotrichum - cuased by Anthracnose seems to be a moist weather, poor drainage disease.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/veg/htms/mnrdisppr.htm
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Tomato_Anth.htm
I will check on this thread tonight.
Jeremiah
This message was edited Oct 23, 2004 10:16 AM
I had die back on the top of a few brugs I left outside last winter. It get so wet here in winter, the fungus must just thrive.
Thanks, Jeremiah.
LOL Shirley, I can't pronounce them either. Good thing I could just type them out.
I didn't know it would cost ten dollars to send her cuttings off but now I'm glad I spent the money. Just wish I knew something about these. I had seen on one site where it mentioned moisture on one of these fungi. If moisture is the problem causer, all the rain we've had this year will be a big problem for some plants.
Ada, if it is caused by too much rain, I cannot imagine why I don't have it, knock on wood, I guess it's not too late to get it here. Is 'die back' that stuff that turns black on the tops of some plants - if so, I have seen that but never on a brug...
Sherry, the plants I seen just looked dead in the tops like a Brug cutting you tried to root and it turns a pale brown or tan color. On her plants, below the die back they were green and showed on visiable signs of spotted lesions on the plant like you see in pictures of SB.
Geez, do not let them near your yard, Ada!! I wonder if you sprayed with a chemical like Physan 20 if it would help. I know Iast winter a few times I sprayed with Physan in my hoophouse. I got white fuzzy growth on my dead blooms. Either Monika or Susie told me to beware. Maybe it was Sue. Anyway, I carefully lifted them into garbage bags so as not to spread the spores, then sprayed with Physan. I had no further problem.
This message was edited Oct 23, 2004 8:13 AM
It has been a rainy year here, even without the hurricanes which brought me a YARD of rain. I'm amazed mine didn't rot or get funguses.
Kell, do you mean for her to spray the plants with Physan? It's been so wet here this year even buds that fell off little vines or plants in the garage looked moldy when I'd find them. Maybe I need to spray my garage with Physan. I don't know if Dean is planning to try to keep her Brugs over winter or just leave them out and see what happens. She just got some bad news about a brain aneurysm and brugs are the least of her worries now. After getting this report for hers, I'm worried about the one I cut back but it looks fine.
I meant for you to spray prophalactically. To protect yours!!
Is Physan a brand name??
Yes, Physan 20 I believe it is called, Sherry. I think I got mine at Rosemania.
Thanks, Kell!
We have had more rain here, and sorry to say more fungus in my garden! This is not the same as the last, but a rot of some kind. I just finished digging it out, cutting it up and trashing it. Another yellow multi-hybrid seedling. No more of those for me... Funny that I've only had problems with seedlings. But I guess that goes to show that released, named brugs are pretty tough. And, all of my named brugs look fabulous and are blooming. Plus the ones that have been in the GH for the past three weeks are great as well. I only have two more seedlings that I want cuttings of, so hopefully this is the end of this stuff for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!