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harrislisa@sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:57 pm    Post subject: fungus on crape myrtle  

Is anybody else having a problem this season with a fungus on the new leaves of their crape myrtle? What can I use to kill it before it kills my tree?
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:53 pm    Post subject: Crepe Myrtle fungus  

Corn meal added to the surrounding soil and stirred in will help considerably as well as a corn meal spray for the foliage.
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 9:39 pm    Post subject:  

In my last house with crepe myrtles I used cornmeal and KHCO3. Toward the end and heard from HG about 10% milk solution. so I tried it and after using all three, the fungus went away. The milk lesaves a white stain on some of the leaves but the plants perked up and the white stain was definitely not fungus.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:50 pm    Post subject:  

As an extreme solution you might cut down the tree you have now and get one of the mildew resistant brands. What a relief to not bother with that any more.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:54 pm    Post subject:  

We have some research now showing that garlic tea also works well.
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