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HoneySuckle looking ill

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  • 20-07-2020 11:22pm
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    Psygnosis
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    Hi
    My honeysuckle climber is around 2 years old.
    Over the last 2 weeks it has started loosing leaves and flowers and yellowing its gone quite bare in parts but the top looks fine.

    Some of the leaves have grey dust on them which from googling suggests mildew on them. So I gave them a spray of 10% milk 90% water after googling homemade remedies. Also watered it a good bit and gave them some chicken poo pellets.

    Anything you guys can recommend.


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    looksee
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    I have never heard of the milk and water thing, and would be interested to know does it work, it seems unlikely to me, tbh. Anyway I think the feed and water treatment may be more helpful. It is very close to the wall and while honeysuckle is notoriously hardy and easy it may be that having exhausted the pocket of compost that came with it when you planted it, the roots are now hitting concrete, and the dry shadow of the wall. You could try putting a good mulch on it, and keep watering it for the moment.


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