Posted by Steve on July 6, 2010, 8:39 am
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
"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
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.
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> '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?