Botyritis in Freesia
I am still growing my freesias as I have done over the past few years but sadly this season I have mostly ignored them and the results are now showing.
Last season I had a small out break of botyritis and combatted it with a spraying and drenching programe but this season there is sometimes up to a week between visits as my life is so busy in another direction and the dire results are showing.
I had the usual amount of freesias growing but due to neglect I didn’t realise they had developed the classic greyish tinge on the leaves which is symptomatic of biotyritis. In a few short weeks the plants which were already weakened died off and now I have a greatly reduced amount of plants growing.
I had been using some fungicides but didn’t have a prevention plan in place so now will have to take drastic measures.
The dead plant material has been removed and as flowering has started I am frantically trying to save what I can although I won’t be selling any flowers or bulbs this season until I can be sure that I have irradicated the problem.
As I set this plan in motion I will post it here.
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