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Feb 15, 2018 1:52 PM CST
Name: Barbara
Palm Coast, FL
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Marric: Your bulb may be infected with the bulb scale mite. The red streaks up the stems is one sign of that. The damage doesn't look too bad, so it should bloom, and you have to make a judgement call as to whether or not you want to keep this bulb, since it could be a source of bulb mite infestations to your other bulbs. A split in the stem or in the bud, can be a sign that there is a grub inside from the narcissus bulb fly. That came as an egg in the bulb when you received it. Both the scale mites and the bulb fly larva are occasional issues in commercial bulbs.

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