Alexis Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 I've just noticed white powder on some of my cephalotus leaves and pitchers. It's a bit like icing sugar, but the plant itself seems to be doing fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 I had this on one of my plants recently. I initially thought it might be fungal and the affected leaf eventually died. No idea what it is, I guess it may just be a natural effect of ageing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted September 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 I'll slap some fungicide on, just to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic brown Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 It's a powdery mildew, a fungus. Cephalotus are quite prone to it, though I don't know if it can be fatal, it certainly knocks their growth back a bit. Some growers have reported reasonable control with sulphur. I cleared mine up last year with Scotts 'Fungus Clear' which comes ready mixed in a gun (active ingredient = Penconazole, a fungicide specific against powdery mildew), it had no obvious toxic effects on the Cephs and the mildew hasn't come back. I seem to remember some other Forum members have also reported good results with this product on Cephs as well. Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted September 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Thanks Vic. I've only had it a month as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Mildew is encouraged by dryish soil and wet air, so can I ask whether you are growers who believe in keeping cephs in or out of the water trays? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 My Cephs have been standing in water all summer, so the compost is permanently wet. It certainly did not look like mildew as I understand it. The effect was of a white crystalline deposit on the leaf surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 I have seen something similar on my Darlingtonia. The plant seems to be OK though. Might there be minor salt deposits from rain water misting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted September 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 I keep it in water and leave it for a few days after it has been used up before refilling it. I do mist it, so maybe that could be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Ant secretions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agustin franco Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Hi all: Last year, i had white powder like substance on one of the leaves of my ceph plant. It took me a while to realize tha it was coming from the edge of the lid from a pitcher sitting on top of the non carnivorous leaf, the lid was somehow being eaten away by the same culprit. So i used a sulfur-based fungicide, and now the plant looks so energetic and healthy. Agustin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Keeffe Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Can you buy Scotts 'Fungus Clear' in B&Q or Homebase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langy Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Hi, Nolu Yes both Homebase and B&Q sell 'Fungus Clear' its a yellow 1L bottle priced around £2.99. Also Wyevale, The Range, and all good garden centres sell it too. :wavey: Langy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Keeffe Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Thanks Langy. I don't have a garden centre near me in London so B&Q is my nearest source of gardening bits & bobs :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycatchers Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Thanks Langy. I don't have a garden centre near me in London so B&Q is my nearest source of gardening bits & bobs :) As I seem to live in the neck of the woods where even B&Q did not keep it , I eventually got it on-line at http://www.chulmleigh-hardware.co.uk/ It cleared up the mildew in double quick time :) cheers bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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