On 12/07/2013 09:48, Wendy Tinley wrote:


Sadly about 20 per cent of the buds seem to be rotten and slimy. Is this
my fault because I've been watering from the top (now changed to
watering the roots - just in case) or is the rot caused by something else?


This is a picture of the problem.

http://www.theigloo.co.uk/plants/20130711_165124.jpg


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Wendy Tinley
SE Sheffield
4 miles west of junction 30 M1