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Eremophila Glabra - Murchison Magic

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Posted by pennyw74 Sydney/NSW (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 24, 08 at 22:50

I have this in a pot but the lower leaves all seem to be falling off. When I look closely, the leaves look "dirty", almost mouldy.

I have read that Eremophila plants are susceptible to fungal diseases but after searching the internet, there doesn't seem to be a lot of information on treating it.

Firstly, I am not 100% sure that's what it is.

Can anybody help with either confirming this is what it is (I know it's hard without seeing it) or even give me an idea of what it might be. Secondly, any ways of treating it?

The plant has heaps of new growth on it so if it can be saved, I'd love to.

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If it has heaps of new growth on it then there can't be to much wrong with it. Perhaps you should just prune off all the effected foliage and dispose of it in the bin just in case it is a fungal infection.

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  • Posted by gonow NSW AUST (My Page) on
    Sat, Aug 30, 08 at 3:52

It's a delightful plant but like most eremophilas it suffers fungal problems in coastal areas. The symptoms you describe I'd consider its normal condition over winter. It should pick up thru spring. What I do is plant in a full sun, well drained area and mulch with stones or gravel to store heat overnight and to keep foliage away from fungal spores. Also I feed well to try and out grow disease, flat out or dead is the lot of these plants in conditions so unlike their natural ones.

  
 

 

 


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