Plant dying one by one.

dragonsfire

dragonsfire

Ive lost most of my plants from last year, whats bizarre is it starts from the tip and works down.
Ideas please.
 
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Disease? I get black knot on my chokecherry bushes, the only relief is trimming BELOW the affected area, about 3 inches. have you tried cutting?
 
I am seeing a lot of whitish powder type residue all over the leaves, looks like you have an infestation of Aphids or spider mites or something.  I would trim off the yellowish dead limb just below where its still very green.  This infestation "if it is" is making your plant sick.
 
 
Also, where you cut the branch away you can take a little mouth wash and put on the freshly cut piece, its an antiseptic and it works pretty good.
 
 
 
Is it white and powdery? Is there an appearance of a black sooty type substance running at the bottom of the main stalk progressing up?
 
To deal with the aphids, you may want to put a couple drops of dish detergent in a water bottle and give your plants a good mist.
 
I usually put a couple drops in a 16 oz. spray bottle.
 
Mike
 
to expand on that, dr bronner's sal suds and chile powder with water works well. but you gotta wash off the plant afterwards, can't keep the soap on forever or it will burn it
 
In my experience the bugs contribute to the disease, maybe not cause it but they weaken the plants immune system. Get rid of the bugs and hit every thing with a H2O2 solution, roots and foliage.
 
Hope this helps  :P
 
Around here we have what look like huge lady bugs, but the farmers call them Asian beetles. They were imported to eliminate aphids. Get you a few of them.
 
If there are soybean fields anywhere near you, and the Canadian gub'mint allowes them, you may find all you need.
 
The downside? They bite, and stink like mad when you squish one....
 
Non of that around here, prairies mostly sand were I live, lots of Ants lol. I capture some lady bugs in the past and they never touched them, couldn't get off the plants fast enough. I even looked on line to order the Aphid wasps but too much for a few plants, about $50 small pack.
 
dragonsfire said:
Non of that around here, prairies mostly sand were I live, lots of Ants lol. I capture some lady bugs in the past and they never touched them, couldn't get off the plants fast enough. I even looked on line to order the Aphid wasps but too much for a few plants, about $50 small pack.
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Ants can farm aphids, could be exacerbating your problem.
 
I would take all your plants out of their containers and rinse the hell out our them and re pot with new soil and containers. Then spray them with a treatment for aphids just in case any survive. That is my 2 cents worth. It worked for me this winter with my rocotto's and a couple other plants I overwintered. 
 
Ive tried repoting and all it takes is one to have it all happen again. I started some seads in sealed bags, onces they sprouted I opened the bag a bit and taped them on a frame, only took a couple days before I saw aphids in the bag :(
Just have to wait for the temps to go up and put them outside, however as I type I see out the window its snowing again, temps dropping again :( just have to keep washing them.
Thanks!
 
The plants are indoors but not under grow lights, correct? If yes my experience is this is normal, see below.... YMMV....

But I have no experience with bugs so this may be a contributing factor I'm not aware of.
 
 
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Additionally, if you can keep the plants alive with a little green like above, they can be productive when moved outdoors...
 
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SavinaRed said:
I would take all your plants out of their containers and rinse the hell out our them and re pot with new soil and containers. Then spray them with a treatment for aphids just in case any survive. That is my 2 cents worth. It worked for me this winter with my rocotto's and a couple other plants I overwintered. 
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+1 on this.
I've always had to deal with aphids on one level or another but they were never the cause of the stems dying back like that.
I suspect rootbound and/or bad soiI from poor drainage/nematodes/bugs in general in the soil.
Instead of trying to find the exact cause you can eliminate most by:
1) Cut stems back hard above the soil.
2) Pull plant out (carefully) of the soil and hose off the rootball.
3) Cut back some of the roots, especially anything that looks slimy and dead.
4) Mix a solution of Hydrogen Peroxide (1oz/gallon) in a bucket and submerge for about 5 minutes, rinse off with fresh water after.
5) Repot with fresh soil/potting mix (not recycled). Use a new pot or scrub the old one out with diluted bleach and rinse very well.
6) If there are still traces of aphid eggs or any other insects you can soak a soft rag in neem oil mix and carefully rub down the remaining stem.
 
It seems like a lot of work but it will recover and produce faster than if you just started new seeds.
 
Best of luck
 
 
dragonsfire said:
Ive tried repoting and all it takes is one to have it all happen again. I started some seads in sealed bags, onces they sprouted I opened the bag a bit and taped them on a frame, only took a couple days before I saw aphids in the bag :(
Just have to wait for the temps to go up and put them outside, however as I type I see out the window its snowing again, temps dropping again :( just have to keep washing them.
Thanks!
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I wish you the best ! keep a fighting' ! 
 
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