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by **Rimbaud** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:52 pm

This is a pic of a Tasmannia stipitata (Dorrigo Pepper) from a cutting. There is something obviously wrong with the leaves... is it a disease? Bug damage? I have it growing in the same soil and same position as my other Tasmannias which are doing fine, so I am assuming it isn't something to do with aspect/exposure...?

by **darcy** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:10 pm

i'd say bug damage but don't ask me what bug :wink:

SOme sort of sap sucker.

by **Rimbaud** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:44 pm

thanks heaps, i think you are right. I found some small white doodly things on the base of the stems at night time. I applied some petroleum-based "pest oil", and some pyrethrum just in case

by **Rimbaud** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:04 pm

just an update, Darcy was right and the plants have now recovered. thanks again.

by **darcy** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:10 am

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