Posted by rainman on April 14, 2010, 5:21 pm
> Just thought I'd ask here in case this is a known problem that somebody is
familar with:
>
> I have a small Rosemary bush, approx 12 months since planted.
>
> Been going great, put on plenty of growth in that time. About a month ago, one
lower branch
> spontaneusly died. The rest of the plant seemed fine - until this afternoon.
>
> Now it's obvious that the entire plant is going to die, the foliage is drying
out just like that first branch
> did. Soil is neither particularly dry or wet, it gets full sun and the weather
has been unseasonably warm.
>
> The only thing (and it's a long shot IMO) is that I also have Borage growing
in the same vicinity, and it's
> spreading like wildfire. I did note that some Borage had taken hold very close
to the base of the
> Rosemary - I'm wondering if the Borage root system is the cause? Like I said,
a lot shot... but it does
> seem like a fairly invasive plant and makes me wonder what's going on
underground.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions appreciated, thanks.
It's too wet.
Posted by Jeßus on May 4, 2010, 4:11 am
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:21:07 +1000, rainman@mailinator.com wrote:
>
>> Just thought I'd ask here in case this is a known problem that somebody is
familar with:
>>
>> I have a small Rosemary bush, approx 12 months since planted.
>>
>> Been going great, put on plenty of growth in that time. About a month ago,
one lower branch
>> spontaneusly died. The rest of the plant seemed fine - until this afternoon.
>>
>> Now it's obvious that the entire plant is going to die, the foliage is drying
out just like that first branch
>> did. Soil is neither particularly dry or wet, it gets full sun and the
weather has been unseasonably warm.
>>
>> The only thing (and it's a long shot IMO) is that I also have Borage growing
in the same vicinity, and it's
>> spreading like wildfire. I did note that some Borage had taken hold very
close to the base of the
>> Rosemary - I'm wondering if the Borage root system is the cause? Like I said,
a lot shot... but it does
>> seem like a fairly invasive plant and makes me wonder what's going on
underground.
>>
>> Any ideas or suggestions appreciated, thanks.
>It's too wet.
Maybe :)
Cheers
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