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Remembering Rose
Longwood Head Start Center students (from left) Shirtey Hanes , Kevin Cause and Matthew Miller
help create a rose garden at the center in memory of Rosejinwright, a center employee who died April
16. On May 3, a brief ntc^mris! service ?ss hdd, ~i-r- the Rev. M.C. Herring, Hospice counselors
Carolyn Gillestie and Nan Chandler, and Head Start personnel participating along with J in Wright's
daughters, Tiffany and Nicole , and other family members, said lead teacher Willie M. Stanley.
Who Knows Something About Lisianthus?
Dear Plant Doctor: Could you
tell me about Lisianthus? Arc they
hardy and wiii they grow in my
yard? What is the best soil and fer
tilizer for them? Any information
you could provide would be appreci
ated? Bolivia
ANSWER: Readers, i need your
help. Do any of you know about the
culture of lisianthus? Lisianthus ni
grescens is an annual flowering
plant native to South and Central
America. Nearly 10 years ago t vis
ited a friend that was trying to grow
lisianthus in a greenhouse for cut
flower production. He was not suc
cessful. However I have not seen
this plant in culture anywhere else
since that time. 1 could find nothing
about the culture and growth of
lisianthus in my standard reference
sources, is anyone growing this
piarii in iucii gaiucn?
I will forward any information re
ceived regarding the culture of this
plant to you.
Dear Plant Doctor: I have hun
dreds of white flics around my gar
denia. I have tried msisthion and
soapy water but with little or no suc
cess. I love gardenias. What else
can I do to save my beautiful plants?
? South port
ANSWER: The Citrus Whitcfly
(Dialeurodes ciiri) is a terrible pest
of gardenia. In addition to causing
severe damage to ?hr plant from di
rectly feeding on pi ant juices, the
Citrus Whitcfly exudes a sweet
"honey dew" that drops down on
leaves below and entourages the
growth of the sooty mold fungus
(Capnodium citri). Sooty mold fun
gus will soon turn all the leaves of
your gardenia black. This blocks
light from the leaf and will soon
u/?alr?n uAHf plant thnc malrina it
more susceptible to other insects and
diseases.
The Citrus Whitefly is extremely
difficult to control. For severe infes
tations consider pruning back your
gardenia before you treat with insec
ticides (be sure to destroy or burn
printings). Controlling this pesi on a
large bushy gardenia is impossible!
Malathion will kill whiteflies but you
must be persistent. Other products
that will kill whiteflies include
Orthene. Dursban, X -elude and
Pyre none. Depending on the weather,
eggs of the Citrus Whitefly hatch in 6
to 21 days; that means you treat your
plants every 7 to 10 days for at least a
month to get any kind of control.
Dfir Plant Doctor? Worrra are
getting into my canna lilies. The
new shoots get eaten up while still
rolled up. What can 1 do to kill these
pests? ? Shallot tc
ANSWER: Some inscct prob
lems can be controlled without
heavy-duty insecticide* Thin w one
of them.
I expect you have ooe of the can
na leaf roller species, either the can
na leaf roller (Calpodes ethlius) or
the lesser csr.ns leaf roller (Ccshru:
canna lis). If you take several
"worm" samples to the Brunswick
County Cooperative Extension Ser
vice office in Bolivia, then positive
identification can be ascertained.
However, with either species, the
control is the same.
The worm ess be easily killed by
gently "pinching- the infested rolled
leaves. The application of Dipel or
like pesticide inside and on all can
nas will prevent the development of
serious worm damage on plants not
affected by this insect and prevent
further damage on those plants in
fested with the inscct. Dipel is a pre
pared formulation of a bacteria.
Bacillus thuri n aim nc that i< Invir
to feeding canna leaf roller caterpil
lars (and other caterpillars that in
gest the material as well). Appli
cation may be necessary every 2 to 3
weeks during the early spring.
In the late autumn, after cannas
have gone dormant, cut off and re
move ail dried plant matter, mulch
and other surface organic matter.
Replace oW mulch with fresh com
post. leaf mold or pine straw mulch.
Repeat this process every winter.
This should totally eliminate any fu
ture problems with the dreaded can
na leaf roller!
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comments to the Plant Doctor, P.O.
jj Box i09, Bolivia biC 28422.
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