This is a permanent problem in my collection with our damp weather and it caught me out early this year (even though it was decent summer) and I've lost quite a few plants.
However, one of the top growers suggest that weekly sprayings with methylated spirits can help. Not sure about the smell but I'll give it a go.
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Re: Black spot
mickthecactus wrote:And it worked.
hi Mickthecactus
What methylated spirit would you suggest? thanks alot
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I only know of it as methylated spirit or meths. Good as a spot killer of mealy bug too.
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Re: Black spot
It is what is also known as denatured alcohol. It is essentially alcohol that has been made unfit for consumption.
We just used that to clean up a lot of our large leaved house plants after we had a spider mite infestation. Gotta be so careful introducing new plants... caught it pretty early only the vector plant is a goner, but man that was a lot of work of spraying and then cleaning individual leaves with denatured alcohol.
We just used that to clean up a lot of our large leaved house plants after we had a spider mite infestation. Gotta be so careful introducing new plants... caught it pretty early only the vector plant is a goner, but man that was a lot of work of spraying and then cleaning individual leaves with denatured alcohol.
It is what it is!