After v years of drought--one for the tape books, no less--the pendulum has swung far to the other side. After to a greater extent than or less normal rainfall inwards Nov as well as Dec 2016 (5.10 inches every bit per the UC Davis Weather Station), the floodgates opened broad inwards January, alongside no halt inwards sight. In Jan nosotros had 13.30 inches of rain, as well as inwards Feb 6.90 thence far (February 1-18). That's a full of 20.20 inches for the kickoff 7 weeks of 2017; essentially the same sum nosotros had during the entire 2016 calendar yr (20.07 inches).
Virtually all of our succulents are planted inwards well-draining reason (garden reason heavily amended alongside inorganic materials such every bit pumice, lava stone or modest gravel). This has allowed them to withstand months of moisture soil. So far nosotros haven't had whatever plants rotting from the bottom up. But the 25.30 inches of pelting that has fallen since Nov has had a damaging consequence inwards other ways. H5N1 few agaves as well as aloes conduct hold started to rot from the travel yesteryear down.
The kickoff major victim is a beautiful Agave pumila inwards the front end yard. I blogged almost it on Jan 31 in this post. I had every intention of doing what reader Daniel had suggested--dig it up, process the infection, dry out it out, pot it inwards reason alongside picayune to no organic content--but never got roughly to. But I did spray it alongside a fungicide called Daconil as well as conduct hold been protecting it against the pelting since then.
I take the pot on dry out days to let air as well as sunlight to occur the lesions merely I'm non certain that this Agave pumila will survive.
But every bit bad every bit these images look, the bulk of our succulents are fine, alongside no signs of rot. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it volition remain that way. And that nosotros volition finally conduct hold a few weeks of dry, sunny weather. Sumber http://www.succulentsandmore.com/
Virtually all of our succulents are planted inwards well-draining reason (garden reason heavily amended alongside inorganic materials such every bit pumice, lava stone or modest gravel). This has allowed them to withstand months of moisture soil. So far nosotros haven't had whatever plants rotting from the bottom up. But the 25.30 inches of pelting that has fallen since Nov has had a damaging consequence inwards other ways. H5N1 few agaves as well as aloes conduct hold started to rot from the travel yesteryear down.
The kickoff major victim is a beautiful Agave pumila inwards the front end yard. I blogged almost it on Jan 31 in this post. I had every intention of doing what reader Daniel had suggested--dig it up, process the infection, dry out it out, pot it inwards reason alongside picayune to no organic content--but never got roughly to. But I did spray it alongside a fungicide called Daconil as well as conduct hold been protecting it against the pelting since then.
I take the pot on dry out days to let air as well as sunlight to occur the lesions merely I'm non certain that this Agave pumila will survive.
Another favorite agave of mine, Agave 'Sunspot', gets protected against the pelting now:
It, too, has developed rot.
It sprayed it alongside Daconil inwards hopes it volition halt the spread.
Two other agaves close 'Sunspot' are showing signs of rot on the lower leaves. This is Agave 'Mad Cow', a hybrid betwixt Agave colorata and Agave bovicornuta.
And this is Agave parrasana:
Agave 'Joe Hoak' has a rot on some leaves inwards the middle:
My recently declumped as well as replanted ×Mangave 'Macho Mocha' has a few spots of rot, every bit good every bit snail damage:
Agave weberi 'Arizona Star', i of my favorites exterior the front end yard fence, has developed multiple brownish spots that are spreading. It's besides large to protect alongside an upended bloom pot or trug thence I threw upward a quick shelter:
The shelter keeps the pelting out merely allows plenty air inwards thence the plants underneath the plastic don't suffocate. But when the Sun comes out again, I ask to accept the plastic down. Otherwise it volition teach besides hot inside.
More harm inwards the front end yard:
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| Aloe deltoideodonta var. fallax |
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| Aloe hereroensis. It got bruised during the removal of the 'Aristocrat' pear in the backyard as well as and thence nipped yesteryear frost. That made it susceptible to rot during the never-ending rain. |
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| It was going to bloom for the kickoff fourth dimension this year, merely this bloom volition never opened upward up. My other Aloe hereroensis are fine. |
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| Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana 'Sunspot'. The rot has reached the center. I sprayed it alongside Daconil, merely the prognosis looks dire. |
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| Stapelia gigantea, rotting inwards a pot. It's a goner, merely I'm hoping the cuttings I took volition brand it. |
Most plants inwards the backyard are safe, merely a few agaves inwards pots conduct hold rotted thence much that I'm non certain they volition survive.
The kickoff 2 yous run into below, Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor' as well as Agave ghiesbreghtii, sustained foliage harm when a nearby clump of 'Alphonse Karr' bamboo was removed in December. The wounds weren't able to heal because of the rain, allowing rot to prepare as well as speedily advance.
It looks shocking, doesn't it? I've given upward on this agave. I'm solely keeping it roughly to run into how far this volition go. I conduct hold plenty of Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor' pups to start from scratch.
Agave ghiesbreghtii looks better. I'm hoping it volition describe through.
The regular blueish cast of Agave americana seems impervious to the rain, merely 'Mediopicta alba' appears to live susceptible to rot.
And finally my favorite echeveria, Echerveria cante. It looked neat non long agone merely the pelting has finally taken its toll. I volition dig it up, build clean it, as well as travel out it on the porch for directly where it volition live protected from the elements.
