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Find out how to identify, and treat, box blight in your garden. Box blight (Cylindrocladium buxicola) is a fungal disease that affects box (Buxus) plants. It first appeared in Britain in 1998 and is worst in warm, humid conditions. Box blight causes leaf browning and stem dieback.
How to use fungicides to manage box blight effectively: Apply prior to cutting out infected areas to minimise spread of live box blight spores; Apply after cutting at, and adjacent to, sites of infection to clear up latent infections and protect new and uninfected growth
17 lip 2017 · Box blight hedge treatment is a long and difficult task but, with patience and dedication, it can be done. Here's the how-to.
Box blight is a fast-spreading fungal disease that kills topiary and hedges containing varieties of Buxus (known as ‘Box’) within a season. Box blight is actually one or a combination of these two separate fungal diseases:
18 mar 2022 · Box blight treatment in 3 simple steps. Already spotted blight? You need these tips on box blight treatment. 1. Cut out infected areas. Box blight needs removing as soon as it's spotted, regardless of the time of year, as long as conditions are dry. You have a few options.
The aim of RHS research on box blight is to gather information about the disease that will help to guide gardeners to the best strategies to control the disease.
Quarantining box plants and cleaning tools helps keep box blight out of your garden. Finding box blight early makes it easier to manage. Spacing plants wider apart reduces the risk of box blight spreading. A small number of box cultivars are less susceptible to the disease.
