Photo dump. Early Miss loved the first night outside. I moved it into the full sun in the early morning and the response was good - a couple of
hours later
I moved it back in the shade
I won’t have to move it much the next few days as it to be overcast. It’s rained a bit today actually and while it doesn’t quite need a stench yet, I’m thinking I will do it anyway if it rains solidly tomorrow - I’ll drench it in the rain!
Now - for the sake of science I dug out the taproot of the DDA that was dying (slowly - I had to end the pain!)
Thought I’d dug down deep enough but heard and felt a little snap ... the tap root gest long, fast!
So in these you can see where there’s some kind of trauma just below the soil line. There was a piece of perlite stuchbto it right at that point, but surely that wouldn’t cause what happened?Anyway... check it out!
Here’s how long it was. Halfway through day 3 - remembering that it lay it’s head over at the end of day one. I think you can see that the root development was fine for a bit and then it was hampered by something along with the seedling above ground, which makes sense. The taproot still got long, just lost its girth. I wonder if it would have been very much longer had it stayed healthy ... it was really trying so hard to live on!
G’night all
I agree I think it may be damping off that caused that poor DDa to cut its life short! Poor little one! Hey Amy hope all is well !
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The thing I’ve learnt is that fungus gnats can cause this dampening off phenomenon. Kill em! Killem All!
