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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 10:21 am Post subject: Any ideas? |
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This shrub is in my parents garden and has suffered some damage recently. My father thinks it is lightning damage but I doubt it.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:42 am Post subject: |
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Ilex aquifolium silver queen, it could be Salt damage if your near the sea, Have closer look branch could be broken, Spray drift, Silver queen is Male maybe its sad looking for a female Blight ??
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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15 plus miles from the sea. I doubt very much if it is spray drift.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking more like herbicide.
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Blowin Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Not Donegal Dry Rot? We've had a North Westerly wind.
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Is it just the one branch?
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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"Donegal dry rot". There are a few things that I can think of that are rotten in Donegal alright! Are you a week late with the April fools Blowin?
Just the one branch Sue.
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tippben Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 11:23 am Post subject: |
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If it's local then it is surely not anything airborne like herbicides or salt. If it was, a whole side of the tree would be affected. Unless you've annoyed the neighbours and you came outside before they had a chance to spray any more... Seriously though, my best guess is physical damage which has interrupted the flow of sap. Other than that, a leaf blight or a virus transmitted by insects. I've never seen anything like this on Holly. I'd cut the branch off, burn it, then sterilise my pruning saw blade with meths set alight.
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Sue Deacon Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 11:43 am Post subject: |
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That's my thinking too. Hopefully you can cut it out before it goes any further.
Check around the base for any 'bootlaces', unlikely to be Honey Fungus as the holly is a dense wood and not susceptible, but you never know.
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