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Corkscrew hazel - diseases
WEC
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I live in Surrey and have been away 3 weeks, on return my corkscrew hazel is covered with, what I believe to be, eastern filbert fungus. On any websites all I find is this is in eastern USA! Has anyone else come across this? Do I need to destroy it?
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Looks like scale insects to me. You can wipe them off and squish em.
Might be tricky with the twisty stems. I think someone else on here recommended painting them with methylated spirits ???? Check first before you get the paintbrush out.
Looks like scale insects to me too
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=224
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a corkscrew hazel too and have found this on mine, its not insect or bug activity definately a fungus of some kind as if you scrape them they are filled with a white powder like substance. Im looking for answers too though how to manage this.
Clara ... it is a type of scale insect ... the white powder is eggs
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/problem-solving/corkscrew-hazel/724770.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.