Three varieties of my delosperma are dying off. They get a black fuzzy section and rot. It is kind of like damping off also on some of the stems. The plant doctor at the foo foo nursery told me it is just too wet and humid. We have had some rain. But all of these have excellent drainage. And there have been times we've had lots more rain and it has not been a problem. One variety is yellow with short stubby 'leaves'. I've had it the longest and I have it in 5 different places. Two areas are totally unaffected. Two areas are in very bad shape (one so much that I completely removed it). The last area is just starting to "rot".
It has also affected my Firespinner! I thought to a lesser degree. But this morning I noticed a second section of it going bad.
And finally this moring I see my brand new orange one is now affected. It has only been planted out two weeks ago!
These were taken about ten days ago
Taken this morning
I decided to take sections of healthy areas on Firespinner and the orange one (plenty of unaffected yellow out there), pot them up and put them under our glass table on the patio so I can contol the moisture. Hopefully this will work and I will have a back up if I totally lose the plants in the ground.
I also removed all dead or dying parts. I used rubber gloves and changed them in between varieties. I sprinkled the ground with cinnamon ( my go to for fungul issues), put chicken grit under the remaining plants, and then sprinkled with cinnamon again! Hopefully it will work! And hopefully my five other varieties will not become infected!
Finished product
Does anyone have any other ideas?
@clintbrown I hear you are the expert on delosperma.
