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Yellow fungus

cazza102carolcazza102carol Posts: 28
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Hello, anyone know what  this yellow, slimy, smelly fungus is.  It has killed my clematis montana. Also, what do I need to do to ensure the soil is healthy to take a new plant?
Yours gratefully
Cazza 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Slimy fungus usually moves in after a plant has died
    Fungus spores are everywhere, the soil, the air, everywhere


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @cazza102carol I think if you have been growing C Montana the soil will need  improving.
    There is also something called 'replant disorder'. Not sure if it applies to Clematis.
    Agree with @nutcutlet Onwards and upwards!
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Probably clematis slime flux, bacterial infection. More info here - https://www.rhs.org.uk/disease/clematis-slime-flux

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Have you been growing it in that trug @cazza102carol?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • cazza102carolcazza102carol Posts: 28
    Hi Fairygirl.  No that was the trug we used when we dug it up because it was dead.

    Carol
  • cazza102carolcazza102carol Posts: 28
    Thanks everyone for your help.  Will check out the clematis slime flux with the RHS.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @cazza102carol Just looked on RHS web site it is ok to plant another clematis if you wish, just ensure you improve the soil. We have had some very high winds perhaps there was some damage you were unaware of and then the slime flux got a hold. I guess you may have to give it some thought if it is a very windy site.  
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • cazza102carolcazza102carol Posts: 28
    Thanks Gardener Suze.  Definitely think it was slime flux and it looks as though the stem was damaged just above ground level and that how it got in.  Not very windy here and I do like clematis, but tbh, have not had much luck with them really   . . . 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @cazza102carol I have never had alot of luck either, then I realised they couldn't get their roots deep down into the soil as it is heavy clay. They seemed to do well at first then just give up.
    The key to growing them well is a really good root system. That is why groups 2 and 3 are planted deeply so that more roots form from the buried stem. It can take a few years for good roots to develop, the tiny slips that you see at the supermarket even longer as they should spend year one in a pot again to help them form good roots.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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