Here is an extract from an email I just received from a friend in the Dharma.
The office cyclamen has been ailing for months. We though it was iron deficiency so we treated it for that and the leaves still yellowed. I finally figured out it was probably a disease and upon microscopic observation, I thought I detected a white something (fungus?) at the base of the stem so went on online and came up with probable diagnosis. I was so struck by the little sentence below that I thought to send it to you.
Take care.
It’s not the load that breaks you down
– it’s the way you carry it.
There’s plenty of iron in our water supply
So I guess its the fungus!
Thanks Reverend. The thing is, that sick plant is in North America….
This is the site where the quote came from: http://www.ghorganics.com/page15.html
If you are have plants and want to treat them kindly when they have bugs and the like, this is a good first reference point.