A Pathogen Warning
Bougainvillea bonsai are frequently air layered to make several plants from one. The most conventional way to air layer is to use sphagnum moss. As you work with Bougainvillea, thorns may puncture the skin.
Pathogenic fungi and bacteria kill live roots as they feed off them, blocking the vascular tissue that carries moisture and sugars between the roots, branches and foliage, ...
Pathogens Anytime you use compost (unless it has been pasteurized, or thoroughly composted) or native soil you run the risk of introducing pathogens, insects and other pests.
The plant pathogenic basidiomycete fungus Perenniporia celtis was first described from a Celtis hostplant. Some species of Celtis are threatened by habitat destruction.
[edit] Selected species
Celtis aetnensis with mature fruit ...
Because, like it or not, they are tiny fleshly skin cancers of the genital and perianal area caused most frequently by the most typical sexually spread pathogen, HPV six and 11.
Diseases: Twig blight is caused by a weak pathogen and is usually present on dead or dying tissue. When the tree is stressed the fungus can kill branch tips. Dead tips can be pruned off. Do not let dead or diseased branches remain on the tree.
Mycorrhiza is the symbiotic relationship between the white, powdery fungus that clings to roots, and actually protects a tree's roots from pathogens, increasing moisture and ensuring efficient nutrient absorption.
next picture shows the pot with a layer of soil and with the wire threaded through the drainage holes and ready for the tree to be added and wired in. Also don't forget to wash your pot out if you'll be using the same one. If there are any pathogens ...
quickly decays in this wet environment, particle size decreases, soil collapses, saturated level increases, even more water is retained, roots eventually remain in standing water, root failure occurs with or without the presence of a pathogen." ...
 See also: Plant, Bonsai, Species, Growing, Grow
  
|
RSS
