That looks pretty bad. If it were me, and the top appears to look pretty good, I would try some major surgery rather than just give up.
First, remove every last piece of rot that you can reasonably get to. This might entail digging the whole thing up and cutting half the base off. Don't be...
Kraft Gardens was in Deerfield until about 10 years ago. They were one of the few landscape nurseries that were on the east side of town, Powerline Road. They moved up to Ft Pierce and sell primarily to big box stores and interior-scapers. Their land costs in Ft Pierce are a fraction what...
I have our annual Garden Gathering event at the Deerfield Beach Arboretum on the 17th. It is from 9am to 2pm and although I could not go to Ricky's or Randy's place, I would welcome anyone here for a before or after thing. Not exactly next door but only few miles away. Could make it an "All...
Look what I found:
http://www.bugsforbugs.com.au/product/32
I guess I have Cryptolaemus on my Crotons eating my scale.
Here is a picture off of this website.
I have had a consistent problem with Croton Scale on a few of my plants. They were small plants and isolated from other crotons so I was not too concerned. I would spray a hose on them once in a while, blowing off most of them.
This past week I noticed the scale were all deader than a door...
You used to be able to buy the polymer coated K-Mag from nutricote/Florikan. Maybe still can. It is slow release so it is available to the plant at the same rate as your regular nutricote or other slow release fert.
Good luck keeping Dodder out. If it is not a Florida native, it surely has naturalized here. I have seen this plant all over Broward ever since I can remember. Where it is prevalent is in scrub type habitat that naturally burns off every decade or two, keeping the parasitic vine in check...
Most big box stores have no clue how to run a garden department and the plant material promptly starts to go downhill as soon as it gets there. To count on them selling your material on a consignment basis sounds like a losing proposition to me. I noticed that at the recent TPIE it did not...
I see live streaming of events all the time. Wouldn't that work? All you would need to make it interactive is someone there manning a laptop with either chatroom bids or PM bids.
"Plus Jerry, if you split the profits with the grower (half to the "Chapter" and half to the grower) then more...
You could produce a "Shopping Network" type live internet show with a live interactive auction. You could do an EBay type production where you have dozens of air layered cultivars in an online auction with pics and short videos showcasing each of them. Bidding could take a day or a week. The...