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Hi fellow gardeners. I live in an apartment in a Victorian building and the hedges out in front are quite old - the building has been used as many things since it was built and these Box hedges are quite tall and large and WERE healthy until probably a few days ago. Now a section of hedge, touching another section, looks completely dead! Brown, shrunken - horrible! Phone ap says it's Box Blight. Do any of you know how I can stop the blight from killing all of the hedges? There's another one on the other side of the back garden (which really faces the road and is seen by everyone passing by). Some small Boxes on the other side of the garden are also brown. The social landlord hasn't provided a yard crew in the last 8 months and there's no one else here who cares about the yard, other than me. I can't remove the hedges, though! So I'll be contacting the landlord and telling them the problem here. But I fear I'll need to tell whomever they send how to handle this. Hoping someone can help, soon! Thank you!
Hi fellow gardeners. I live in an apartment in a Victorian building and the hedges out in front are quite old - the building has been used as many things since it was built and these Box hedges are quite tall and large and WERE healthy until probably a few days ago. Now a section of hedge, touching another section, looks completely dead! Brown, shrunken - horrible! Phone ap says it's Box Blight. Do any of you know how I can stop the blight from killing all of the hedges? There's another one on the other side of the back garden (which really faces the road and is seen by everyone passing by). Some small Boxes on the other side of the garden are also brown. The social landlord hasn't provided a yard crew in the last 8 months and there's no one else here who cares about the yard, other than me. I can't remove the hedges, though! So I'll be contacting the landlord and telling them the problem here. But I fear I'll need to tell whomever they send how to handle this. Hoping someone can help, soon! Thank you!
There are prepiatory fungicides on the market,but it sounds as though the plants are really suffering, it is suggested that all the damaged areas be cut away, even the complete plant removed.
Bob
Hello fatfox,
There are prepiatory fungicides on the market,but it sounds as though the plants are really suffering, it is suggested that all the damaged areas be cut away, even the complete plant removed.
Hi, if the hedge doesn't belong to you I wouldn't spend lots of money trying to sort it out.
You could check it isn't the box tree caterpillars. They can munch large parts of the plants in a matter of days, then the leaves go brown and die. Apart from seeing the actual caterpillars, an early tell tell sign is loads of webbing, a bit like spiders' but it is sticking leaves together and the leaves starting to look skeletal.
If it's blight, apart from using chemicals the only way to control it is removing the infected material and keeping an eye on the rest of it. I would say hygiene is paramount but I imagine if people do come out. It would be the cheapest contractors in the area and get the infected material everywhere.
Hi, if the hedge doesn't belong to you I wouldn't spend lots of money trying to sort it out.
You could check it isn't the box tree caterpillars. They can munch large parts of the plants in a matter of days, then the leaves go brown and die. Apart from seeing the actual caterpillars, an early tell tell sign is loads of webbing, a bit like spiders' but it is sticking leaves together and the leaves starting to look skeletal.
If it's blight, apart from using chemicals the only way to control it is removing the infected material and keeping an eye on the rest of it. I would say hygiene is paramount but I imagine if people do come out. It would be the cheapest contractors in the area and get the infected material everywhere.
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