Astilbe Leaf Damage

Posted by Steve on July 6, 2010, 8:39 am

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My previously healthy Astilbe has had a lot of leaf damage this year.
The 'flesh' of many of the leaves has disappeared, leaving the skeleton
of the leaf behind. I can't see any evidence of pests on it.

Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this?

TIA

Steve

Posted by Bob Hobden on July 6, 2010, 11:21 am

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"Steve" wrote...

> My previously healthy Astilbe has had a lot of leaf damage this year. The

> 'flesh' of many of the leaves has disappeared, leaving the skeleton of the

> leaf behind. I can't see any evidence of pests on it.

> Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this?

One of my patio roses has suffered the same, having a close look I found
tiny green caterpillars.

PS Most UK gardeners are on the Newsgroup... uk.rec.gardening
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Posted by Steve on July 7, 2010, 1:19 pm

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On 06/07/2010 16:21, Bob Hobden wrote:

> "Steve" wrote...

>> My previously healthy Astilbe has had a lot of leaf damage this year.

>> The 'flesh' of many of the leaves has disappeared, leaving the

>> skeleton of the leaf behind. I can't see any evidence of pests on it.

>> Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this?

> One of my patio roses has suffered the same, having a close look I found

> tiny green caterpillars.

> PS Most UK gardeners are on the Newsgroup... uk.rec.gardening

Thanks Bob, especially for the PS. BTW I posted this question on
another group as well and somebody said it was a classic sign of earwig
damage so that's 2 ideas for me to work with.