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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comFirst time, I have at my home all Azhalea plant leaves and stems have powdey Black Sooty mold and some dendralions are dying and have white fungus on stems
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1 Comment To "Azalea have sooty Blackmold on leaves and stems"
#1 Comment By drtreelove On 11/07/2018 @ 2:18 am
There appears to be a scale insect pest (white spots on the stems). The scale is a sucking insect that excretes a sweet honeydew on which a ‘sooty mold’ grows. The sooty mold is not harmful except to shade the leaves from sunlight, but the insect pest at this level is a serious condition.
I believe the plants are susceptible to the pest infestation due to nutrient deficiencies, indicated by leaf discoloration which is characteristic of poor soil fertility.
I recommend that you fertilize with a slow release complete organic fertilizer like the Dr Earth Acid Lovers on this page:
http://www.fertileearthlandcare.com/fertilizers/ [1]
Professional applicators would soil drench with a systemic insectide with dinotefuran
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I’m not sure about the other plants. The white material could be lichens or a fungal secondary growth on the dead stems, and not the cause of the mortality.