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By Moorton

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My pyracantha has developed a cankerous growth with produces a white sticky cottonlike appearance . it effects 20% of the plant but the remaining still produces some white flowers and berries.any advice on treatment would be most helpful Thanks




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Welcome, Moorton!

By cankerous growth, do you mean distorted stems and foliage on some branches, or tumor- like growths on the thicker branches? You might have more than one problem going.

When I hear "white sticky cotton" in conjunction with Pyracantha my first thought is wooly aphid. If it's them, somewhere under that wool is a pear-shaped, gray, white, or pinkish, pinhead-sized bug. They aren't all that easy to get rid of, but Provado will eventually do it, with consistent, thorough spraying, and/or with a soil drench.

31 Jul, 2010

 

it could also be scale insect, but as Tugbrethil says, provado will eliminate them.

31 Jul, 2010

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