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Old August 18, 2016   #2
Greatgardens
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This was also a year for me about trying to effectively deal with SVB. I had a Patio Star plants in two, 14" planters. I inspected the stems consistently at least every other day, and still got SVB on one plant, even though I never found any eggs. ??? On the other plant, I coated the bottom ~4" of the stem with "Tangle-Trap" sticky coating. I reapplied once. I mainly wanted to see if it damaged the plant, and I could see no issues with that. No SVB on that one, but may or may not have had problems with that plant anyway. Not really an endorsement, and try at your own risk, but seemed to work good for me. I will coat all lants next year. I still found that my "good" plant (with no SVB) ran stopped producing about mid-July. That may be par for that variety in a container. But anyway, I got two to three more weeks of production than I usually do. BTW, I'm a fan of Patio Star for containers. Next year, I'll have another plant ready to go about the first of July.
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