Jackie D writes

I'm being greedy by posting twice for different reasons. Hope this is
ok.

I don't know what the rules are in gardenbanter, but here in
uk.rec.gardening (which is what you're posting to), you're welcome to
post as many questions as you like!


The beautiful pink flowering camelia was healthy in its pot for years.
Then I transplanted it to the garden in between a lilac tree and a four
foot high bike shed.

That sound like a fairly unhealthy place for lots of plants. How much
light did it get in there?

Soon it got badly infected by sooty mould. It was
so bad that it looked almost fire damaged.

Sooty mould is often because you are affected by something like scale
insects which suck the sap and excrete sticky liquid on which the mould
grows. So removing the mould isn't curing the problem.

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Kay