Posted by Janet Tweedy on January 16, 2012, 2:39 pm
Anyone know anything informative about this pest? I know it's been in
the gardening magazines and papers but apart from no known
antidote/control, the fact that in future people might have to steer
clear of fuchsias like they do begonias now and the fact that the mites
are so small you will miss them there hasn't been a photo of the damaged
plants or how to recognise it on your plants etc..
Many people who grow fuchsias seem to grow HUGE quantities of them and
hang them from every bit of their land and/or house. They'll be
devastated.
Does anyone know if hardy fuchsias will also be hit as much?
Janet
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Dalmatian Telegraph
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Posted by Jake on January 16, 2012, 4:12 pm
wrote:
>Anyone know anything informative about this pest? I know it's been in
>the gardening magazines and papers but apart from no known
>antidote/control, the fact that in future people might have to steer
>clear of fuchsias like they do begonias now and the fact that the mites
>are so small you will miss them there hasn't been a photo of the damaged
>plants or how to recognise it on your plants etc..
>Many people who grow fuchsias seem to grow HUGE quantities of them and
>hang them from every bit of their land and/or house. They'll be
>devastated.
>Does anyone know if hardy fuchsias will also be hit as much?
>Janet
Extract from the RHS fact page on it:
"The affected plants were previously healthy hardy fuchsias that had
been growing in a private garden near Fareham, Hants, for about 20
years."
Which answers your question about hardy fuchsias.
The full factsheet is at
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pidQ2
At the moment it's relatively confined in the UK but so was downy
mildew a few years ago! If someone's a fuchsia nut then I suppose the
only way they're going to protect themselves is by not buying in any
new plants but propagating from what they've already got.
Cheers, Jake
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Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay.
Posted by Jake on January 16, 2012, 4:16 pm
wrote:
>Anyone know anything informative about this pest? I know it's been in
>the gardening magazines and papers but apart from no known
>antidote/control, the fact that in future people might have to steer
>clear of fuchsias like they do begonias now and the fact that the mites
>are so small you will miss them there hasn't been a photo of the damaged
>plants or how to recognise it on your plants etc..
>Many people who grow fuchsias seem to grow HUGE quantities of them and
>hang them from every bit of their land and/or house. They'll be
>devastated.
>Does anyone know if hardy fuchsias will also be hit as much?
>Janet
And just checking - when you say "begonias" do you mean "impatiens
walleriana"? I'm not aware of a begonia-specific problem (gulp!)
Cheers, Jake
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Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay.
Posted by Janet Tweedy on January 16, 2012, 6:06 pm
>And just checking - when you say "begonias" do you mean "impatiens
>walleriana"?
Yes sorry, was assuming it would be taken as such :)
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Posted by Derek Luther on January 18, 2012, 8:19 pm
'Janet Tweedy[_2_ Wrote:
> ;947378']Anyone know anything informative about this pest? I know it's
> been in
> the gardening magazines and papers but apart from no known
> antidote/control, the fact that in future people might have to steer
> clear of fuchsias like they do begonias now and the fact that the mites
>
> are so small you will miss them there hasn't been a photo of the damaged
>
> plants or how to recognise it on your plants etc..
> Many people who grow fuchsias seem to grow HUGE quantities of them and
> hang them from every bit of their land and/or house. They'll be
> devastated.
> Does anyone know if hardy fuchsias will also be hit as much?
>
> Janet
> --
> Janet Tweedy
> Dalmatian Telegraph
> 'Dalmatian Telegraph - UK' (http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk )
FGM affects many fuchsias including Hardy types. There is no known cure
but the policy is to cut the plant down below affected area and burn the
off cuts, at least do not compost or send them for green recycling. If
you wish to see photos of damage go to http://tinyurl.com/76nwxc4
Derek
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Derek Luther
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>the gardening magazines and papers but apart from no known
>antidote/control, the fact that in future people might have to steer
>clear of fuchsias like they do begonias now and the fact that the mites
>are so small you will miss them there hasn't been a photo of the damaged
>plants or how to recognise it on your plants etc..
>Many people who grow fuchsias seem to grow HUGE quantities of them and
>hang them from every bit of their land and/or house. They'll be
>devastated.
>Does anyone know if hardy fuchsias will also be hit as much?
>Janet