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Clematis gunge
My daughter is developing a really lovely garden, in which everything
seems to be doing well. (Gloucestershire) However, a clematis montana which she planted 2 years ago to cover a shed, started off well this year and then gradually died back. This weekend she decided to remove it. She found that the bottom 12 inches of the stem was covered in "gunge". She described it as "snotty", I more politely said it looked like thick creamy wallpaper paste. It was definitely oozing out of the stem, not deposited on it. 1. What is it? I've never heard of c. wilt causing this. 2. Can she replant if she removes some soil? 3. Is it worth sterilsing the soil with Armillatox or something? She's waiting for the expert advice I said Urglers would come up with! TIA Pam in Bristol |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message
... My daughter is developing a really lovely garden, in which everything seems to be doing well. (Gloucestershire) However, a clematis montana which she planted 2 years ago to cover a shed, started off well this year and then gradually died back. This weekend she decided to remove it. She found that the bottom 12 inches of the stem was covered in "gunge". She described it as "snotty", I more politely said it looked like thick creamy wallpaper paste. It was definitely oozing out of the stem, not deposited on it. 1. What is it? I've never heard of c. wilt causing this. 2. Can she replant if she removes some soil? 3. Is it worth sterilsing the soil with Armillatox or something? She's waiting for the expert advice I said Urglers would come up with! TIA Pam in Bristol Crown gall can infect clematis. These sites describe it and show photos. of it. Are there similarities? http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/diseases/series1000/rpd1006/ http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/crowngall.htm http://grapes.msu.edu/crowngall.htm Regards, Emrys Davies. |
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On Mon, 9 May 2005 18:45:32 +0100, "Emrys Davies"
wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote in message .. . My daughter is developing a really lovely garden, in which everything seems to be doing well. (Gloucestershire) However, a clematis montana which she planted 2 years ago to cover a shed, started off well this year and then gradually died back. This weekend she decided to remove it. She found that the bottom 12 inches of the stem was covered in "gunge". She described it as "snotty", I more politely said it looked like thick creamy wallpaper paste. It was definitely oozing out of the stem, not deposited on it. 1. What is it? I've never heard of c. wilt causing this. 2. Can she replant if she removes some soil? 3. Is it worth sterilsing the soil with Armillatox or something? She's waiting for the expert advice I said Urglers would come up with! TIA Pam in Bristol Crown gall can infect clematis. These sites describe it and show photos. of it. Are there similarities? http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/diseases/series1000/rpd1006/ http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/crowngall.htm http://grapes.msu.edu/crowngall.htm Regards, Emrys Davies. No, Emrys, but thanks. I don't think it's that. There are no growths such as indicated on that site. Just this horrible mucus-like gunge on the bottom 12 inches of stem. Pam in Bristol |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On Mon, 9 May 2005 18:45:32 +0100, "Emrys Davies" wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote in message .. . My daughter is developing a really lovely garden, in which everything seems to be doing well. (Gloucestershire) However, a clematis montana which she planted 2 years ago to cover a shed, started off well this year and then gradually died back. This weekend she decided to remove it. She found that the bottom 12 inches of the stem was covered in "gunge". She described it as "snotty", I more politely said it looked like thick creamy wallpaper paste. It was definitely oozing out of the stem, not deposited on it. 1. What is it? I've never heard of c. wilt causing this. 2. Can she replant if she removes some soil? 3. Is it worth sterilsing the soil with Armillatox or something? She's waiting for the expert advice I said Urglers would come up with! TIA Pam in Bristol Crown gall can infect clematis. These sites describe it and show photos. of it. Are there similarities? http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/diseases/series1000/rpd1006/ http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/crowngall.htm http://grapes.msu.edu/crowngall.htm Regards, Emrys Davies. No, Emrys, but thanks. I don't think it's that. There are no growths such as indicated on that site. Just this horrible mucus-like gunge on the bottom 12 inches of stem. Pam in Bristol Clematis Flux I think it is called. Cut it back and it should regrow. It is bacterial. My only doubt over it is that I thought Clematis Flux issued forth from the end of a stem, I didn't know that it spread all along a stem. Andy. |
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On Mon, 9 May 2005 22:18:40 +0100, "andrewpreece"
wrote: Clematis Flux I think it is called. Cut it back and it should regrow. It is bacterial. My only doubt over it is that I thought Clematis Flux issued forth from the end of a stem, I didn't know that it spread all along a stem. Andrew, many thanks. I looked it up and it does seem exactly described under Clematis Flux on this page. I've never heard of it. http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plantf...lematis_25.asp Pam in Bristol |
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Pam Moore wrote:
:: On Mon, 9 May 2005 22:18:40 +0100, "andrewpreece" :: wrote: :: ::: Clematis Flux I think it is called. Cut it back and it should ::: regrow. It is bacterial. ::: My only doubt over it is that I thought Clematis Flux issued ::: forth from the end ::: of a stem, I didn't know that it spread all along a stem. :: :: Andrew, many thanks. :: I looked it up and it does seem exactly described under Clematis :: Flux on this page. I've never heard of it. :: http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plantf...lematis_25.asp :: There's a bit about it here too, and a small pictu http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...slime_flux.asp -- If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs. |
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On Mon, 09 May 2005 22:13:48 GMT, "Phil L"
wrote: Pam Moore wrote: :: On Mon, 9 May 2005 22:18:40 +0100, "andrewpreece" :: wrote: :: ::: Clematis Flux I think it is called. Cut it back and it should ::: regrow. It is bacterial. ::: My only doubt over it is that I thought Clematis Flux issued ::: forth from the end ::: of a stem, I didn't know that it spread all along a stem. :: :: Andrew, many thanks. :: I looked it up and it does seem exactly described under Clematis :: Flux on this page. I've never heard of it. :: http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plantf...lematis_25.asp :: There's a bit about it here too, and a small pictu http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...slime_flux.asp Thank you folks! That's it. The plant is already removed, as the slime was right down to soil level. I told my daughter you'd come up trumps! Pam in Bristol |
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It's more commonly known as "slime flux", I lost a "Triterinata Rubramarginata" to it last year. Have since replanted and all is well thus far.
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