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Chumono
They seem to be everywhere. I checked with a 10 loop magnifier and I can see the whitish tan colored guys moving and some little tiny eggs under leaves. There are thin webs all over. It's on 2 elms, a couple cedars, my hornbeam, my stewartia, my azalea, most of my chaenomeles, my punica x 3, a couple of the smaller maples, my ginko, my crabapples, and my alpine willow.
The only things that don't seem affected are my prunus and pines and juniper. My biggest maple seems clear.
On the most affected plants it looks like some of the new shoots have leaf buds toward the tips that are shriveling. That could be a different problem but who knows.
I noticed the little webs last year and suspected the problem but I never got a magnifying lens out to verify it and only sprayed once with neem last year. Should have done more.
I sprayed yesterday and today again with a soap/neem/alcohol spray. It looks like an almost insurmountable problem though... It's a lot to spray every tree especially being diligent to get under all the leaves...
My plan is to never use a systemic like bayer again (did that 2 yrs ago and I think that started the issue.)
I also plan to spray with the soap/neem/alcohol spray every 4 days or so until I think it's better.
I'm not really asking a specific question but just wanted to voice my frustration. It looks like there's been a quite a bit of damage and it looks like I got a lot of work ahead of me.
Curious why I don't see anything on the junipers...
Also curious if I should spray everything even the ones that don't look infected.
Also wondering if anyone has seen the new shoots having the new buds look dead due to this or if that's another issue.
Ian
The only things that don't seem affected are my prunus and pines and juniper. My biggest maple seems clear.
On the most affected plants it looks like some of the new shoots have leaf buds toward the tips that are shriveling. That could be a different problem but who knows.
I noticed the little webs last year and suspected the problem but I never got a magnifying lens out to verify it and only sprayed once with neem last year. Should have done more.
I sprayed yesterday and today again with a soap/neem/alcohol spray. It looks like an almost insurmountable problem though... It's a lot to spray every tree especially being diligent to get under all the leaves...
My plan is to never use a systemic like bayer again (did that 2 yrs ago and I think that started the issue.)
I also plan to spray with the soap/neem/alcohol spray every 4 days or so until I think it's better.
I'm not really asking a specific question but just wanted to voice my frustration. It looks like there's been a quite a bit of damage and it looks like I got a lot of work ahead of me.
Curious why I don't see anything on the junipers...
Also curious if I should spray everything even the ones that don't look infected.
Also wondering if anyone has seen the new shoots having the new buds look dead due to this or if that's another issue.
Ian