My Gaillardia plant is looking sick. Although it is putting up flower stems now, many of the leaves have gone brown.
It looks almost as if the leaves are burned. I know we have had plenty of bright sunshine recently, and more-or-less constant strong breezes, but I don't think it has been
that hot. I think our maximum daytime temperature must have been about 20 or 21C. And I have been very good about watering.
I have another theory. Could it be acid burn? I mean acid in the sense of Fox urine? Maybe this plant has become a territorial marker for the nocturnal animals. Do you think this is possible / likely?
Just to give you something a bit nicer to look at in this post, here are a few pictures of some young lettuces:
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| Marvel of Four Seasons |
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| Green Oak-Leaf |
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| Delicato |
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| Valdor |
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| Fristina |
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| Pancalieri (an Endive, not a Lettuce) |
How odd, I'm afraid I am unable to offer any theories to the health of your gaillardia. Your lettuces are looking lovely though.
ReplyDeletePerhaps just the rain? I don't think they like water on their leaves overly...
ReplyDeleteThe lettuces do look good, a great range too.
You would be able to smell if it was fox urine...
ReplyDeleteOne time my sister put on a jacket that had just been washed and line dried and went to catch a train, she kept moving carriage to get away from the "funny smell" before realising that a fox had sprayed her jacket when it was on the line...