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Title: Does anybody know what this is ?
Post by: betula on May 26, 2010, 19:41:23

Cutting the box hedge today,at first I thought it was bird droppings but it is not.

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Title: Re: Does anybody know what this is ?
Post by: betula on May 26, 2010, 19:45:57

closer

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Title: Re: Does anybody know what this is ?
Post by: Tee Gee on May 26, 2010, 19:55:26

Would you believe me if I sais BLIGHT?

Yes it looks like Box blight to me!

Its not only Potatoes and Tomatoes that suffer from this :'(

see here;http://www.plantsprayers.co.uk/blight.htm (http://www.plantsprayers.co.uk/blight.htm)

http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Buxus/Buxus.htm (http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Buxus/Buxus.htm)

Title: Re: Does anybody know what this is ?
Post by: betula on May 26, 2010, 20:12:06

Oh heck,it is part off a lovely garden where I am a volunteer. :(

It will have a huge impact losing this.

Have an identical hedge the other side of the path too

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