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what's on my oak?
There were a few of these last year, but it's covered this year. The
leaves are covered with black powder also, some kind of pollen/spore/??? This is my son's sapling, he grew it from an acorn. Do I need to do anything with it? thanks, --steve ftp://ftp.diy-efi.org/incoming/oak.jpg |
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what's on my oak?
On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:07:20 GMT, Steve Ravet
wrote: There were a few of these last year, but it's covered this year. The leaves are covered with black powder also, some kind of pollen/spore/??? This is my son's sapling, he grew it from an acorn. Do I need to do anything with it? thanks, --steve ftp://ftp.diy-efi.org/incoming/oak.jpg The black lumps are aphids, a pretty bad infestation from the looks of it. The black powder on the leaves is sooty mold, growing on the sugary excretia of the aphids. In a case this bad I'd reach for "neem oil" to kill the aphids quickly. The sooty mold should go away with the removal of the aphids, or treat it directly with potassium carbonate. Once the aphid population is reduced you could apply a biological control like lacewings or ladybugs to keep the population in check. Check the Natural Gardener for predatory insects and the other controls as well. Or Lowes for all but the bugs I'd foliar feed the tree with seaweed, make sure its well mulched and watered. |
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what's on my oak?
Terry Horton wrote:
On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:07:20 GMT, Steve Ravet wrote: There were a few of these last year, but it's covered this year. The leaves are covered with black powder also, some kind of pollen/spore/??? This is my son's sapling, he grew it from an acorn. Do I need to do anything with it? thanks, --steve ftp://ftp.diy-efi.org/incoming/oak.jpg The black lumps are aphids, a pretty bad infestation from the looks of it. The black powder on the leaves is sooty mold, growing on the sugary excretia of the aphids. Aphids? I never would have guessed that. Thanks for the help, I can always count on austin.gardening. --steve |
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