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Old 15-10-2009, 05:31 AM posted to rec.gardens
Sarah Austin Sarah Austin is offline
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Default Diseased cottonless cottonwood???

Billy wrote :

In article 42,
Sarah Austin wrote:

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/02920.html

Looks like the Septoria fungus.

Now doesnt fungus need alkaline conditions?

I'm wondering of coffee grounds might make the soil acidic and get
rid of it.


IIRC it's the other way around. It's possibly due to CO2 released
from decaying organic material, mixing with water to form carbonic
acid.


So alast know alalinity might help them?

That's odd, because I understand our soils here are already that way.