Please, Be Girls!

This is a beautiful girl and we are happy to say that the last clones taken (while in flower) have survived, they have been planted in pots so now we do hope they adapt to the vegetation stage once again. As for the momma, the powdery mildew did start to look destructive so we gave her (along with a few others) a milk bath. Normally we would not spray the flower but after months of cleaning up other plants leaf by leaf we basically had had enough. The weather was not cooperating so this was done inside, the leaves looked a little silky afterwards but the flower appeared to be fine so aside from the milky mess that needed to be cleaned up it seemed to do the trick. Unfortunately another method popped up so this was also tried, we probably should have waited to try another method without much time between the two but if the mildew takes over the plant will be a complete waste anyway. As you can see the hairs have darkened and curled but we are pleased to see new ones growing. The moral of the story, we learned once again of a few more dos and do nots inside more dos and do nots! The milk bath will be a regular practice on our Eiffel, the other ladies that join her as well as the surrounding culprits that will carry it across our yard, this will be done in the sunlight followed by a water rinse when the sun goes down and we will do this until the flowering begins. Live and learn! We will see how she heals over the last few weeks of her cycle, fingers are crossed that the mildew is gone and she recovers to her beautiful self!