maricopamigra
Posts:79
 | | 10/20/2007 11:14 AM |
 Alert | | I planted a small one about month ago and it is already dead. It got plenty of water, full sun, really don't know why it died. Today I replaced it and when I dug out the old one I noticed that there were many small (eraser size) amber sacs (looked like salmon eggs that you use for fishing bait) around the roots and in the soil where the roots were. What are they, anybody know? I'm suspecting that they might be the reason it died. Anybody have any knowledge about this sort of thing??? Anyways, I tried to clean most of them out but I'm sure there's some residual, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the new one does better. | |
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Ratboy
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| | 10/20/2007 2:38 PM |
Alert | | What is your watering schedule? | | | |
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garden glow
Posts:705
| | 10/20/2007 5:28 PM |
Alert | Maybe "root-knot nematodes"
google nematodes...then go to Wikipedia...
on the left there is a content box..go to #6 garden..
second paragraph click on root-knot nematode...click to enlarge the pic..
is this what your lantana looked like? | |
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maricopamigra
Posts:79
| | 10/20/2007 5:42 PM |
Alert | | I read the Wikipedia article and looked at the pic and that's not it. The egg like things were not attached to the roots at all, but were very close to them. Like someone sprinkled amber salmon eggs all around them. My watering schedule is every other day for 15 minutes but I just lowered it to 8 now. | |
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garden glow
Posts:705
| | 10/20/2007 5:57 PM |
Alert | Hymmmmmm? You say sac's...were they hard shelled or soft...did you crush one?
Was there any evidence that something may have been munching on the leaves before you lost it completely?
Where did you purchase the plant? Maybe it's a root stimulator or a time released fertilizer that was mixed into the container soil...or did it LOOK like some type of larve to you?
As far as watering newly transplanted plants..they need water every day to help establish their roots..once established you can cut back..now that it's cooler at night you need to water in the morning..you don't want the soil too wet at night..encourages..fungus and root rot.. | |
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maricopamigra
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| | 10/21/2007 10:22 AM |
Alert | The sacs were soft and popped out liquid. Didn't see anything else in it. They're different sizes ranging from bb to eraser head. I did notice some ants crawling within the vicinity, but I'm now sure what ant eggs look like.
I've been watering in the morning for 15 minutes at a time, the soil was pretty moist when I dug up the dead one. | |
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garden glow
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| | 10/23/2007 8:24 PM |
Alert | | I'm still trying to figure it out..(the pest sac's)...but keep in mind lantana is best planted in Spring (even though you see the new developments putting them in right now)..so it may not grow as vigorously as you may like right away... | |
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garden glow
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| | 11/02/2007 8:14 PM |
Alert | | How is the new planting doing? I still am stumped what you found in the soil..but many lantana's took a beating from the aphids this summer..so don't take it personally..the failure of the plant to thrive probably had nothing to do with you...you can drive around and see one thriving and a couple of feet away there are ones that are either gone or on their way out.... | |
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TortosaGuy
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| | 11/07/2007 8:50 PM |
Alert | | i dont know what they are...but one thing they certainly are not...are ant eggs...ant eggs tend to be white | |
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garden glow
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| | 11/21/2007 8:46 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By garden glow on 10/20/2007 5:57 PM
Maybe it's a root stimulator or a time released fertilizer that was mixed into the container soil...
I have been transplanting and planting new plants lately and I have seen exactly what you described..and it is a time released fertilizer/root stimulator...I have discovered it in the soil in healthy plants and nonviable ones..I'm convinced it is not pest eggs... | |
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maricopamigra
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| | 11/21/2007 10:32 AM |
Alert | | Well, I went ahead and planted a new one about 3 weeks ago. So far so good... | |
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njparks
Posts:201
| | 11/23/2007 8:53 PM |
Alert | | I gave up on my lantanas. They don't like the hot, hot summer, and they freeze in the winter. Inbetween, they get whiteflies. I'm pulling my last one out and putting in another fairy duster. | |
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garden glow
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| | 11/24/2007 8:18 AM |
Alert | It's true the aphids do love lantana...during the past Spring and Summer it was baffling me why some always look great while others are barely hanging on...
I've learned that the "hybrids" are better suited for our zone...some species of lantana's are not even considered a perennial but an annual plant...there are over 100 different species...some are trailing some are mounding..
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garden glow
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| | 11/24/2007 8:22 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By maricopamigra on 11/21/2007 10:32 AM
Well, I went ahead and planted a new one about 3 weeks ago. So far so good...</div>
Don't despair if it looks sickly in the next couple of months..they go dormant in the winter but by spring time it will (hopefully) begin to flourish!
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drummer72
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| | 11/25/2007 10:10 PM |
Alert | | We pulled 2 of ours out last month. They came with the house, otherwise I would never have gotten them. They started to look like dead plants with flowers trying to survive. Plus, those white flies got to be very annoying. | |
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