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Rust on hawthorn hedge
ellenakirk
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We have a hedge which was there when we moved in. Planted approx 1952.
Just trimmed it and it has pretty bad rust 😕
Google is showing me a rust that’s associated with junipers being near. There is one near, but it looks fine, no galls as you’d apparently expect.
any treatment seems to involve fungicides, but the hedge is very long and home to loads of birds, so that’s not an option. I can’t even imagine clearing up all the leaves once they’ve fallen would be practical, there are flower beds directly in front with bark mulch 😝
Any suggestions? Thanks 😁
see the juniper? Blue, between the germ and the geranium.
Just trimmed it and it has pretty bad rust 😕
Google is showing me a rust that’s associated with junipers being near. There is one near, but it looks fine, no galls as you’d apparently expect.
any treatment seems to involve fungicides, but the hedge is very long and home to loads of birds, so that’s not an option. I can’t even imagine clearing up all the leaves once they’ve fallen would be practical, there are flower beds directly in front with bark mulch 😝
Any suggestions? Thanks 😁
see the juniper? Blue, between the germ and the geranium.
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