Cotton wool disease?

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  1. cybersioux2001

    cybersioux2001 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hello.
    I have a shrub with loads of 'white fluff' spreading up from the base and the lower branches seem to be dead.The fluff seems to have a squidgy inside.I have never seen this before and have sprayed it with an all purpose bug control but i am worried that it may spread.Hope someone can help.Thank you.
     
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    :scratch: Well it depends what your shrub is.. Can you post some photos..?

    If it is Box it could be Box Blight..
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    Or it could be Woolly Aphid, are there ants around it too as they breed aphids on plants for the sugar... Not sure if the frost kills them..!

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I'm tending to think at this time of the year its likely to be scale insects.

    I've seen shrubs and small trees with these over winter, but never on any of my own plants, so have never made a definite ID.
     
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      Doh... I knew there was another Pete but blowed if I could think of it... Thanks Pete :sunny:
       
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        If it's woolly aphid the old traditional way of dealing with it was to brush it off and then use a fairly stiff brush to brush Meths into the affected areas. Don't know whether it would work for the other problems.
         
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        Cotton wool disease

        Hello everyone.
        Thank you for your helpful responses.I will take your advice and let you know the outcome next year.Have a great Christmas.Thank you once again.
        Cybersioux.
         
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