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Is this box blight?

LeadFarmerLeadFarmer Posts: 1,500
in Problem solving
I bought two box pyramids from Aldi a few weeks ago and have left them in their pots for now.

One of them has turned very pale. It has been looked after exactly the same as all my other box balls, but a coupe of others are going the same way, but not all. We've had plenty of rain so I doubt its drought...








Thankfully the larger established one planted in the ground is ok..


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  • ElferElfer Posts: 329
    Looks like it, move the affected ones away as far as you can and make sure there is no cross contamination by taking the usual precautions. I had it on some of mine, parts of the plant survived and are looking good this year but of course will take some time to fill up their previous topiary shape.
  • gerard mcmanusgerard mcmanus Posts: 41
    edited May 2021
    It's the pots, not box blight. They do better in the ground. If you have them in pots, pot them on and keep up a good watering regime until it established a better root system, they normally blanket water stored plants every day in supermarkets, so the plant has grown accustom to it, heavy top growth, little roots.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I think they've just dried out at some point,and not box blight
    Devon.
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