Re: Help: Pittosporum die-off

Dear Moira and Deborah
Thank you so much for your suggestions
I'll go and dig one up as soon as it stops raining. The first sign tends to be that the leaves become
a bit papery and white with no apparent parasites on them, as though they've had their lifeblood
sucked out of them, and within the space of a few days the plant is dead
I shall let you know what happens!

Anthony

Deborah Lindsay wrote:

> I agreee with Moira that the likely culprit is a Phytophthora.
> You didn't say what conditions your Pittosporums are growing in,
> but if you are giving them much summer irrigation or if they are in poorly
> drained areas,they can go down quickly due to this fungus.
> And it makes sense that it would hit the next in a row too since
> it is persistent in the soil,and mobile in soil moisture.
>
> Deborah
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