I’ve been away for more than a week and she got quite bad. She has lost a lot of leaves and one of her branches is destroyed. Than I saw the bottom of the branch was brown and the main branch as well. Should I cut it? With this I would lose the half of the plant.
I need help guys. What should I do to save her?
Update:
It might be an infection of Fusarium as some helpful fellow growers pointed it out
BUT
After cutting off the affected branch I couldn’t see the brown layers said to be a characteristic of this fungal pathogen
plus it was hollow and I didn’t have to search for long until I found a few caterpillars.
If these little basterds had done this damage I would be happy and treat them with some BT.
Can this mistery have a happy end?
Update:
No it can’t. It is fusarium. Today the brown stain on the stem reached a crosspoint and the other branches affected wilted.
So today I have to cut this beauty down.
R.I.P
@birdmountain, if is caterpillars then BT is the thing to do. If you’re in Canada it’s widely available at places like Canadian Tire. If fusarium I don’t know but removing the affected are is likely the best option.
@birdmountain, probably it is as @Lerome pointed it out to me. Now the question is how to get rid of it: cutting only the plant that is clearly affected by it or cutting all the 3 in the same flowerbed…