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Old 07-05-2013, 04:39 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David Hill David Hill is offline
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Default Skimmia post-mortem

On 07/05/2013 16:23, Ragnar wrote:
Remember I recently posted a photo of my ailing Skimmia?
I just dug it up and found it had next to no root system. It was at least
four years old so it must have had roots once. What could have been eating
it? I couldn't find any trace of larvae or fungal threads.
R. :-(


At a wild guess I'd say Vine weevil grubs have got at the roots