Here is a photo of what I believe to be a variegated-leaf tricolor. The seeds are definitely tricolor and I bought at ebay. When I saw the photo first, I thought these were either petunias or nils because they also have a picotee edge, which I have never seen in a tricolor either.
Sorry, the photo is not that good....
Here is a photo of the cotyledons.
I think that in nils the cotyledons are also variegated if the leaves of the plants are variegated.
Here the cotyledons are clearly NOT variegated whereas the leaves are...
Martin,
Based upon the look of all of the leaves in the photos I would think that the loss of green color that is seen is something caused by the immediate environment and not a variegation caused by genetics...
TTY,...
Ron
Ron, I think you are right. I may be loosing my battle against these spider mites again...
I have just noted that my Brugmansias, which looked pretty healthy two weeks ago have spider mite again.
Should I go ahead and use the Bayer product, which is said to be systemic.
However, I will not be able to use my carefully produced soil again. I would also most likely kill the little spiders that keep scariad fly under control and away from my amaryllis chips.
Healthy upper part of brugmansia.
Here is a photo of the lower region. Spider mite continuously works its way up into the healthy leaf region. When it gets hotter, this will nearly kill the plant because through the scratched leaf surface the cell sap will relentlessly evaporate...
Martin - Have you tried the diatomaceous earth from a supplier to your area
http://www.perma-guard.com/
http://www.perma-guard.com/garden.html
http://perma-guard.com/articles/All_DE_notthesame.html
It works for spider mites...
TTY,...
Ron
I read somewhere that ipomoea turbinata is the one and only MG that spider mite doesn't like.
So, this is the acid test for me. My first turbinata if I am not mistaken.
I have heard of these, I believe Emma told me about it or you yourself in a previous thread. I toyed with the idea for a while, but after studying the product, I thought rubbing dried ground egg shells on the surface of the leaves may just do the trick...it's a calcium powder and would attack the mite mechanically. This is still one of my funny experiments I am doing at the moment, Ron. I don't think I can beat that mite that seems to have been in coexistence with MGs for a very long time.
I get obsessed with this mite...but after all one can't take one's enemies seriously enough...
