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Wednesday - May 04, 2016
From: Lewisville, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Cacti and Succulents
Title: Century Plant woes
Answered by: Jimmy Mills
QUESTION:
My century plant was fine two weeks ago. Tonight I seen this. Not sure what is happening. It 9 years old. IMG_4716.JPGANSWER:
Mr. Smarty Plants is no longer able to receive images with questions. That is unfortunate, because a picture really is worth a thousand words.
One suggestion is to contact the folks at the Denton County offices of Texas A&M AgriLife extension to see if you can have someone take a look at your plant.
Another is to send your photo to Dave’s Garden to see if a member of one of their forums might have a suggestion.
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