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Blue Java
11-22-2007, 02:49 AM
Well...I haven't been on the forum for a while, dealing
w/ some personal things and well my computer basically
BROKE on me :2738:

Basically all my plants and corms died, they all rotted.
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

What I thought was lightly watering, turned out to be overwatering,
I really had no example to go by, and by the the time I realized
they were all deteriorating and I could not save them. I performed
major surgery on them to try and cut off all the rot, and they still died.

Evidently anything wetter than DRY was overkill. And I mean
this literally.

Ironically, my sole survivor is my Blue Java! :2121:
I had to take it out of the dirt, and set it out for
over a week, i surgically removed most of the rotting
parts, i cut off the leaves which were dead,ripped off
allot of the outer leaf stalks, and some chunks out of the corm.
(yes it was that bad :( )

It looks okay, I think it might survive, there are still some
tiny pin hole rot spots but I'm leaving those alone. It is
scabbed over pretty good from where i have cut it but otherwise
it looks a helluva allot better than the rest.

I apologize to all who gave me plants, i really had no idea
how DRY the soil needed to be, and honestly i hardly watered
them.

So now I know for next time.

klemmthamm
11-22-2007, 03:52 AM
I am sorry to hear that... remind me next summer (if I am still in country) and I might have a few extra pups I could part with for shipping.

Be sure to keep us posted on your blue java's health.

Regards,

James

island cassie
11-22-2007, 09:27 AM
That is such bad luck - horrible when you lose plants!

Cassie

musa_monkey
11-22-2007, 01:24 PM
I know how you feel, i have 3 sickly pups at the presesnt but we learn as we go along. It amazes me how much they can drink in the summer and how little in the winter.

AnnaJW
11-22-2007, 08:15 PM
So sorry about your plants! I've lost some to rot; mostly when gophers move in and I don't know it. They strip the roots and I overwater. :(
It's heartbreaking.
I hope your Blue Java makes it! I have several pups coming up on mine if you need any next spring.

natedogg1026
11-22-2007, 10:48 PM
Java,
Pm me in spring and I'll send ya an Orinoco for shipping. Gotta help the fellow Nana Heads. :twonanners: Sorry about your loss.:(

AnnaJW
11-22-2007, 10:54 PM
Oh, Blue Java,

I don't know if you're interested in potted bananas, but if you are I have Little Prince pups coming out of my... uh, I'm up to my ears in them. LOL! :06:

natedogg1026
11-22-2007, 11:02 PM
That's the spirit Anna! Anyone else wanna donate to the Blue Java foundation?:2787:

Blue Java
11-23-2007, 03:49 AM
Omg you guys are soooo sweet :)

Thank you!!

:bananas_j :bananas_j :bananas_j:nanablowskisses: :nanablowskisses: :nanablowskisses:

Ps. We need an emotional smilie :o