bananza
03-11-2019, 08:30 PM
Hello, I have a Gros Michel with mild corm rot and worse root rot. I just took the corm out today. I think it stopped short of seriously affecting the corm after I stopped watering.
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Back in October 2018 I took it from my patio, where it was doing well in 5-3 celsius degree conditions and put it inside under a lamp. I then watered it till it puddled up in the planter tray. Right after the leaves began to wilt and die, then stem. I ended up cutting down the whole plant down, the brown moist stem etc. A combination of temperature change and the overwatering caused this. Your thoughts?
I then took the planter with corm still planted in it outside to drain it with water, to let the water drain out of the drain holes to get rid of any build up of harmful bacteria, viruses etc. SInce then, no watering.
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Its now March and I decided to dig out the corm (because the soil was never going to dry out). The roots were all rotten, you could slide the outer black skin off the inner woody root. I cleaned the corm in water and took a knife to shave and drill out black spots on the corm. Not a lot of mush if any, maybe one small spot that didnt burrow deep. Mainly brown pulp rot on surface. The corm after this cleaning is for the most part "crisp" as a bulb/corm should be.
Ive wrapped the corm in a hump of paper towels. What do you recoemmend next? Also, any recommendations on treatment? I was thinking of putting calcium chalk over the bulb to dry out any remaining rot, or apply honey on it which is a natural anti-fungal. Ive even considered putting Oregano oil tincture on the corm (contains olive oil and oregano essential oil). Oregano oil is an anti-viral.
Will post photo's in a few hours from now.
1
Back in October 2018 I took it from my patio, where it was doing well in 5-3 celsius degree conditions and put it inside under a lamp. I then watered it till it puddled up in the planter tray. Right after the leaves began to wilt and die, then stem. I ended up cutting down the whole plant down, the brown moist stem etc. A combination of temperature change and the overwatering caused this. Your thoughts?
I then took the planter with corm still planted in it outside to drain it with water, to let the water drain out of the drain holes to get rid of any build up of harmful bacteria, viruses etc. SInce then, no watering.
2
Its now March and I decided to dig out the corm (because the soil was never going to dry out). The roots were all rotten, you could slide the outer black skin off the inner woody root. I cleaned the corm in water and took a knife to shave and drill out black spots on the corm. Not a lot of mush if any, maybe one small spot that didnt burrow deep. Mainly brown pulp rot on surface. The corm after this cleaning is for the most part "crisp" as a bulb/corm should be.
Ive wrapped the corm in a hump of paper towels. What do you recoemmend next? Also, any recommendations on treatment? I was thinking of putting calcium chalk over the bulb to dry out any remaining rot, or apply honey on it which is a natural anti-fungal. Ive even considered putting Oregano oil tincture on the corm (contains olive oil and oregano essential oil). Oregano oil is an anti-viral.
Will post photo's in a few hours from now.