hole in pseudostem
I separated a pup from the mother and found a nasty little surprise. Something has made a hole in the base of the pup's pseudostem, right at the soil line. It is almost 0.5" in diameter, but goes only a little bit into and up the pseudostem. I could not find whatever made this hole, and there were no fecal pellets left behind. I am stumped.
The problem is that the emerging leaf is dead. There are a couple of tiny buds (or whatever they are called), so there are some pups on the way. But I am concerned about the damage on the existing p-stem, and the possibility of rot. I would be tempted to cut back the existing p-stem, but the damage is *right* at the soil line.
saturn
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