Thank you, Nina for your advice.

Only one more question... if I can't cure de verticillium, how can I prevent this
disease?

-Ireneu-


Nina Shishkoff wrote:

Then... what's the best solution to cure the verticillium?

-Ireneu-


There is no cure for this disease once it gets in a plant; the plant will
either throw it off, or it will be killed. However, I don't know the
pesticide regulations of Europe; there may be some systemic fungicide
registered for use that might knock the fungus back temporarily. There
are two species of Verticillium in the U.S.; one of them is temperature
sensitive, and in nature it is killed in the above-ground portions of
trees during the summer, and lingers in the cooler roots. I would suspect
that this species would be completely killed in bonsai at temperatures of
30 C or higher.

Nina

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