Sooty growth on holly
 

"fumier" wrote in message
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Well developed holly, pride and joy near front door has developed a
dirty/sooty mold since the summer. Back of leaves has white
"seedy"/pupae c.2mm, now dead. Have treated with usual glyphosates.

What on earth do you mean by "treated with usual glyphosates"? Glyphosate
is a herbicide which will kill the plant

Never had any berries. All advice gratefully received.
David

Franz

Sooty growth on holly
 

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Well developed holly, pride and joy near front door has developed a
dirty/sooty mold since the summer. Back of leaves has white
"seedy"/pupae c.2mm, now dead. Have treated with usual glyphosates.
Never had any berries. All advice gratefully received.

You've treated it with *WHAT*, David? Roundup is only for killing plants
and corralling cattle.

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Sooty growth on holly
 

In message , Franz Heymann
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"fumier" wrote in message
...
Well developed holly, pride and joy near front door has developed a
dirty/sooty mold since the summer. Back of leaves has white
"seedy"/pupae c.2mm, now dead. Have treated with usual glyphosates.

What on earth do you mean by "treated with usual glyphosates"? Glyphosate
is a herbicide which will kill the plant

Indeed. Though I have known holly seedlings in the orchard survive
glyphosate application I would not risk it on a specimen plant! Their
waxy coat appears to resist the wetting agent rather well.

The black stuff he describes is probably an opportunistic sooty mould
growing on honeydew from some aphid or scale infestation.

Never had any berries. All advice gratefully received.

Has it ever flowered? Could be a male. They don't.

Regards,
--
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Sooty growth on holly
 

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Never had any berries. All advice gratefully received.

Has it ever flowered? Could be a male. They don't.

They do. Well, they do flower, but not, being male, berry.

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Never had any berries. All advice gratefully received.

Has it ever flowered? Could be a male. They don't.

They do. Well, they do flower, but not, being male, berry.

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Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

TIA - David
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Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

Try Bordeaux mixture.

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Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
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Try Bordeaux mixture.

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Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

Try Bordeaux mixture.

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Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

Try Bordeaux mixture.

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In message , fumier
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Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

You can clean the soot off and the honeydew it is growing on with any
simple wetting agent and water. The problem is some waxy plants like
holly and bay that get sooty moulds do not like losing their waxy
coating and will shed their leaves if cleaned too vigorously.

The sooty mould is only cosmetic on the surface it doesn't harm the
plant.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

Sooty growth on holly
 

In message , fumier
writes
Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

You can clean the soot off and the honeydew it is growing on with any
simple wetting agent and water. The problem is some waxy plants like
holly and bay that get sooty moulds do not like losing their waxy
coating and will shed their leaves if cleaned too vigorously.

The sooty mould is only cosmetic on the surface it doesn't harm the
plant.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

Sooty growth on holly
 

In message , fumier
writes
Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

You can clean the soot off and the honeydew it is growing on with any
simple wetting agent and water. The problem is some waxy plants like
holly and bay that get sooty moulds do not like losing their waxy
coating and will shed their leaves if cleaned too vigorously.

The sooty mould is only cosmetic on the surface it doesn't harm the
plant.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

Sooty growth on holly
 

In message , fumier
writes
Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

You can clean the soot off and the honeydew it is growing on with any
simple wetting agent and water. The problem is some waxy plants like
holly and bay that get sooty moulds do not like losing their waxy
coating and will shed their leaves if cleaned too vigorously.

The sooty mould is only cosmetic on the surface it doesn't harm the
plant.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

Sooty growth on holly
 

In message , fumier
writes
Ooops, too much Agent Orange on Sunday nights! I think I used B&Q's
aphid killer. Any serious suggestions, please? "Soot" seems to be
spreading

You can clean the soot off and the honeydew it is growing on with any
simple wetting agent and water. The problem is some waxy plants like
holly and bay that get sooty moulds do not like losing their waxy
coating and will shed their leaves if cleaned too vigorously.

The sooty mould is only cosmetic on the surface it doesn't harm the
plant.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown