Last night Herself went out and did some light watering of the patio plants - nothing out of the ordinary.
This morning this had appeared!
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Is it animal, vegetable or mineral? Can't see any insect activity so I wondered if it's some kind of slime mold but that usually requires warm, wet conditions to thrive. Any thoughts/advice from the experts out there gratefully received.
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"The galls are at first cream-coloured or greenish and later turn brown or black. As the disease progresses, plants lose vigour and may eventually die."
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Blaze wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:41 pm
Slime mould ?
"Slime molds are harmless organisms that suddenly appear during warm to hot weather following heavy rains or watering."
I'd agree with that - apparently if you sprinkle corn flour over it it kills it off.
The weather's been a bit weird with the warmth and wetness, I've never seen so many different types of fungus, mushrooms and toadstools in the garden before, we've even got ceps which I haven't had in the garden before, it's a shame we don't like them.
MAD87 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:34 pmWhat's the plant?
Hummmn. Don't really know/remember - Herself is such a magpie for plants. It may or may not have white flowers she says; no sign currently (welcome to my world). Nothing around it has been affected and "The Stuff" is much the same today: if perhaps a tiny bit deeper in colouring. Not slimey, nothing higher up the plant and quite firm.
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MAD87 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:34 pmWhat's the plant?
Hummmn. Don't really know/remember - Herself is such a magpie for plants. It may or may not have white flowers she says; no sign currently (welcome to my world). Nothing around it has been affected and "The Stuff" is much the same today: if perhaps a tiny bit deeper in colouring. Not slimey, nothing higher up the plant and quite firm.
