Box Blight
Last post 20-06-2006 9:15 AM by caroline dunn. 3 replies.
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16/05/2006 10:14 AM
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- Stephanie
- 16 May 2006
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Can anyone give me advice on curing box blight. Our box hedge is being decimated in the vegetable garden and I fear we will have to remove the whole hedge. This will change the character of our garden so we really need to find a remedy.
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16/05/2006 11:37 AM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Hi Stephanie, only one of my books (What's wrong with my plant? by Steven Bradley, ISBN 0-600-60568-X) refers to box blight. It says "box blight causes the total defoliation and death of infected plants within a month." It states "there is no control available. Remove and burn infected material and drench the soil with cresylic acid."
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22/05/2006 08:46 AM
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Sadly, you won't find cresylic acid for sale anymore. However the RHS have posted an advice note: [url=http:///advice/profiles0801/box_blight.asp]http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0801/box_blight.asp[/url]
Beware the bat-eared bogweevil
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20/06/2006 09:15 AM
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Last Septemebr I bought a large box plant, trimmed into a gobe - c. 60cm in diameter. It grew happily and then started going a brownish red. But it still looked healthy. It has now gone totally yellow and dessicated. I assume it is dead, though the leaves have not dropped off. If I delve into the inner reaches of the plant the leaves are a dry, olive green, still dessicated. It was regularly watered - but not drowned, and I occasionally gave it a feed of weak tomato fertiliser as recommended by the nursery where I bought it.
Can anyone suggest what might have happened to my plant? It was lovely and cost quite a lot of money and I would hate to make the same mistake again. And [b]is[/b] it dead? Any suggestions gratefully received. thank you.
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