Lobed - incisions do not extend deeper than halfway between the margin and the center of the blade and are rounded.
Cleft - incisions extend more than halfway between the margin and the center of the blade, and are sharper.
Fill above the incisions with coarse gravel for good drainage then lay down a layer of weed mat or tight shade cloth to prevent the worm castings from mixing with the gravel.
Symptom: Crescent-shaped incisions on fruit; fruit falls prematurely.
Treatment: Spray with insecticidal soap at petal fall and seven to 10 days later. To prevent, apply Surround, an organic kaolin clay that repels insects (follow package directions).
Incised Cut by sharp and irregular incisions more or less deeply, but intermediate between toothed and lobed.
Included Not protruding as stamens not projecting beyond a corolla; as opposed to exserted.
it only last month when I finally saw foxgloves beginning to bud that I made some joke about us not having to worry about heart problems with such a plentiful supply of digitalis? And now as we walk, my husband's shirt open to display the incisions, ...
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