I had a rose that was riddled with black spot even into the woody stems. I was going to chuck it, but thought I'd give it a chance so I pruned it very hard and doused it with black spot spray and its perfectly healthy now
I think we give up too soon sometimes but then sometimes in trying to save a plant we allow a disease to spread. It's very difficult to know what to do for the best.
Mine are spread about. I do tend to shove plants in close together though, aiming for a close matrix with no soil showing. That would give little airflow around the plants which might make it worse.
Having visited the Touchwood garden I can confirm that the aquilegias there were pretty close together, and it seemed to me that there was little 'air flow' - quite a sheltered little spot.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a couple of Aquilegia in the garden and one of mine is exactly the same. some of the leaves are pale green and then they start to wilt and go a grey colour and shrivel up. I can try to send a photo later when I'm home.
I have given it a good watering but it's still the same. It only seems to be affecting random stems though and not the whole plant?
My Aquiledgia in the garden are o.k., it was the ones in the cold GH that had the problems. I think I may have been over watering them. However I removed them from the GH and also the blighted leaves, new green shoots emerged after a couple of months. I imagine that the over watering/dam conditions and the closeness of the seedlings was the cause.
I agree CraighB that it was only random stems - not the whole plant. Out of about 100 seedlings/plantlets I think I only had to throw one or two away.
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That's great CD.
I had a rose that was riddled with black spot even into the woody stems. I was going to chuck it, but thought I'd give it a chance so I pruned it very hard and doused it with black spot spray and its perfectly healthy now
I think we give up too soon sometimes but then sometimes in trying to save a plant we allow a disease to spread. It's very difficult to know what to do for the best.
Mine are spread about. I do tend to shove plants in close together though, aiming for a close matrix with no soil showing. That would give little airflow around the plants which might make it worse.
I suppose putting the same plants in close proximity would make the spread of some diseases more likely - unless they're windborne
Having visited the Touchwood garden I can confirm that the aquilegias there were pretty close together, and it seemed to me that there was little 'air flow' - quite a sheltered little spot.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a couple of Aquilegia in the garden and one of mine is exactly the same. some of the leaves are pale green and then they start to wilt and go a grey colour and shrivel up. I can try to send a photo later when I'm home.
I have given it a good watering but it's still the same. It only seems to be affecting random stems though and not the whole plant?
My Aquiledgia in the garden are o.k., it was the ones in the cold GH that had the problems. I think I may have been over watering them. However I removed them from the GH and also the blighted leaves, new green shoots emerged after a couple of months. I imagine that the over watering/dam conditions and the closeness of the seedlings was the cause.
I agree CraighB that it was only random stems - not the whole plant. Out of about 100 seedlings/plantlets I think I only had to throw one or two away.
I've found a couple more. They've gone pale yellow and one or two leaves have mildew. I suppose once you've got it, you've got it.