Garden And
Landscape Disease
Running Rampant!
by George Wedel |
 The recent damp weather was mostly welcomed by newly planted flowers, trees, shrubs and vegetable gardens. The only negative of the frequent rainfall was it made conditions perfect for many plant diseases. Anthracnose and leaf spot diseases are running rampant on: sycamore, oak, maple, hawthorn, dogwood, crabapple, apples and serviceberry trees as well as newly set out tomato plants, rudbeckia, pyracantha and rose bushes. Infected leaves usually turn yellow or black/brown and drop off the affected plants.
Be sure to spray these and other susceptible plants with the appropriate fungicide:
- Ornamental trees - Halt Systemic
- Fruiting apple trees - Captan
- Ornamental shrubs - Halt Systemic
- Perennial flowers - Halt Systemic
Spray now and just after rainy periods.
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