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Privet

coppard.sarahcoppard.sarah Posts: 22
in Problem solving
Good morning 

my privet hedge is not doing so well. It’s long established and recovered well from all the cold weather over winter. 

However I have lost three plants so far and this one also seems to be going that way 

I have attached some pictures - is it honey fungus ? 

 any advice appreciated I have read many articles re  the fungus and I am contemplating jeyes fluid after excavation but am concerned regards the other privet 

help !

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  • alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
    Some of our Privet have been affected by Honey Fungus but someone cleverer that I will help you I'm sure.
    I don't know where you are but we are in the South West which is a comparatively mild area of UK and ours are really only starting to green up now.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited May 2023
    Dig around ans see if you find the characteristic boot-laces.  Rarely more than 6in down.
    Cultivation is the best cure/preventative.

    My soil is riddled with honey fungus, but my beech and yew hwdges are unaffected.  Why not try a change.  (My advice may be biased, I hate privet.)
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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