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Schefflera 'Gold Capella'
Hello,
I have a question regarding my Schefflera 'Gold Capella'. It's got variagated leaves, and lately I noticed yellow spots (and on some leaves "yellow bumps") on the oldest of the leaves on the plant, and almost only on the variagated parts. Also, It seeems to have stopped growing from the top -no new leaves for al least two months, whearas from the bottom, of the plant, new leaves come out every week (all of these are unaffected by what I described above). I also noticed spots of "sticky" fluid on many of the older leaves. I tried "showering" the plant a week or 2 ago, but it doesn't want to come off. Does anyone have any idea was these yellow spots and sticky fluid are? Is my plant sick or am I doing something wrong with it? It's standing about 1 meter from a window, but doesn't receive any direct sunlight. I water it about once every 10-12 days and I give it universal plant supplemets (fertilizer) every 2 weeks. I hope my questions make sense. Thank you Nyah |
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Schefflera 'Gold Capella'
"nyah" wrote in
: Hello, I have a question regarding my Schefflera 'Gold Capella'. It's got variagated leaves, and lately I noticed yellow spots (and on some leaves "yellow bumps") on the oldest of the leaves on the plant, and almost only on the variagated parts. Also, It seeems to have stopped growing from the top -no new leaves for al least two months, whearas from the bottom, of the plant, new leaves come out every week (all of these are unaffected by what I described above). I also noticed spots of "sticky" fluid on many of the older leaves. I tried "showering" the plant a week or 2 ago, but it doesn't want to come off. Does anyone have any idea was these yellow spots and sticky fluid are? Is my plant sick or am I doing something wrong with it? It's standing about 1 meter from a window, but doesn't receive any direct sunlight. I water it about once every 10-12 days and I give it universal plant supplemets (fertilizer) every 2 weeks. As no-one else has guessed - are you sure that the 'yellow spots' are not greenfly? Some types create sticky patches like the ones you describe, and if there are greenfly on the young shoots, that would also inhibit growth in the affected areas. How vigorous was the 'shower'? I find many pests are reluctant to let go, and you really need to blast them with the cold water directly under the tap before you get many of them off. Victoria |
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