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Grisalinia dying

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  • 04-11-2020 8:49pm
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    Clazbeag
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭


    Hello Boards,

    I was hoping somebody might be able to help me.

    We have grisalinia in our front garden. No issues with it for decades until this year. Entire sections are becoming brittle and just dying off- to the point that there are large gaps in it now.

    They are appearing at different spots throughout the hedge (not just near one section of roots).

    I've tried googling but can't see anything that could impact it this year.

    Would anybody have any experience or advice on this?

    Thanks


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    A2LUE42
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    Is there a possibility that t may have been splashed with a herbicide? I have an old grisalinia hedge and got a little on it in a few places last year because of wind and was surprised how much of it died.


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    Nigzcurran
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    Any chance kids are hiding in it and breaking or damaging branches in them? That’s what happened to ours


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    gozunda
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    Two most likely culprits are Honey fungus and Sclerotinia fungus. 

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/garden-work-1.224098

    Waterlogging of the soil can also cause dieback.


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    Clazbeag
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Clazbeag


    A2LUE42 wrote: »
    Is there a possibility that t may have been splashed with a herbicide? I have an old grisalinia hedge and got a little on it in a few places last year because of wind and was surprised how much of it died.

    Thanks for the response- no nothing that we know of and no new products used in the garden that we're aware of. It's not public either so would be confident that nobody else could have splashed anything either.


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    Clazbeag
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Clazbeag


    Nigzcurran wrote: »
    Any chance kids are hiding in it and breaking or damaging branches in them? That’s what happened to ours

    Thanks!

    No kids in the house or really calling- just a usually well behaved dog!


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    RachelsCousin
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    Are entire plants dying?

    It could be a fungus attack, most likely honey fungus, or root rot called Phythopthora

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/garden-health/disease/Honey-fungus

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=542


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    Clazbeag
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Clazbeag


    gozunda wrote: »
    Two most likely culprits are Honey fungus and Sclerotinia fungus. 

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/garden-work-1.224098

    Waterlogging of the soil can also cause dieback.


    Gozunda cheers for sending that on.

    I definitely had the wrong spelling when I was searching so would have missed this. Will investigate these.

    Thanks again!


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    Clazbeag
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Clazbeag


    RachelsCousin wrote: »
    Are entire plants dying?

    It could be a fungus attack, most likely honey fungus, or root rot called Phythopthora

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/garden-health/disease/Honey-fungus

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=542

    Thanks RachelsCousin.

    Yes I think they are entire plants that are dying off. For a while I thought it was just branches but when I was trying to cut them out they appeared to all go to the same root.

    I will look at those links- all the help is really appreciated!


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