manders Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 I think i just got the record... (apparently my greenhouse is not a suitable environment). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMHoff Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 How long did it take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted September 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 A few weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicmanism Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 It may not be your growing conditions? The loss could be due to shock at a bad time in the plant's growing cycle. Was the plant shipped bare rooted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilacina Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 A pic would help to know what the cause was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted September 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 I bought it potted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilacina Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) The cause of the plants death is probably Colletotrichum,a fungus that does harm to weak and due to suboptimal conditions stressed plants. If your plant i.e.has been grown under too high temps this could have killed the heli. A very significant sign for the fungus are the dried pitchers that all wilt within only one day or night in one time. Edited September 27, 2016 by lilacina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted September 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 Yep, thats what i figured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicat Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 oh that just is so painful to my eyes.. im sorry for you manders! but at least you made it to the guinness book of world records of fastest heli killer. (thats meant as a small comfort... :) ) I read in an article that prolonged Root temperatures over 26 C can cause sudden death in helis because the fungus can grow above that temp. Maybe this confirmed that. would it be possible to repot the roots and see if it can grow back ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted October 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 15 minutes ago, Tropicat said: oh that just is so painful to my eyes.. im sorry for you manders! but at least you made it to the guinness book of world records of fastest heli killer. (thats meant as a small comfort... :) ) I read in an article that prolonged Root temperatures over 26 C can cause sudden death in helis because the fungus can grow above that temp. Maybe this confirmed that. would it be possible to repot the roots and see if it can grow back ? I put this one out in the greenhouse so night temperatures would have been relatively cool, ~15C at the time. But day temperatures would have been quite high. I think it must have been the high day temps that did it. Years ago i grew several flowering size helis in the (hot) conservatory for a few years then lost them all one by one in the same way (after buying some new ones). So what really surprises me is the greenhouse was too hot for i, unless my first helis were not attacked by fungus until after i bought some new plants... Hard to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicmanism Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Did you see the threads "Heli Sudden death" July 2012, and "Sudden death time of the year" Sept 2013 Sorry I don't know how to post links to these threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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