Hibiscus: Nemesis, view #2...., 0 by ppocket

ppocket wrote:
READERS: THIS IS PART TWO OF A POST I MISTAKENLY PUT ON A SEPERATE THREAD FROM PART ONE. IF YOU CARE TO LOOK, THERE SHOULD BE A SECOND THREAD NEARBY IN MY NAME. THANKS, AND APOLOGIES FOR MY NEWBIE ERROR...

I have been searching for weeks for an image or description of this type of wound on Hibiscus, without success. Of course if I could ID the thing, I could perhaps save these guys, but without knowing what I'm dealing with it's pretty much a shot in the dark.

Can anyone advise me whether or not to cut away the damaged parts, or let the plants try to recover on their own? (It's been a couple of weeks since treating them, and they don't appear to me to be healing.) The wounds are so diffuse that if I removed all the damage, it could affect as much as 25 - 50 % of the outer layers. I'm not sure that even a healthy plant could survive that. Can anyone recommend a method of treatment, and whether I should wait to ID it, or just deal with it asap, before it goes any further.... Any products you can suggest I try?

Many thanks for your support, Polly

This message was edited Jul 16, 2006 2:29 PM