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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 06/07/2008 : 07:38:04
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We bought an elkhorn (staghorn on the label but the names are commonly mixed up  ) a while ago which we split up and attached to different trees. They are just starting to attach nicely and should be able to remove the ties soon. I noticed a few weeks ago that the lower leaves are starting to develop blotches on them. Newer leaves are unaffected.
I couldn't find much about the blotches in a search, the only thing I found is it might be caused by being too wet. We haven't had much rain lately, virtually none for the last month but we have had a lot of foggy mornings and heavy dews.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 06/07/2008 : 09:30:52
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No idea Gail Sorry..
These are one plant I have no luck with, I think I kill them with kindness kind of, my neighbour has huge plants more that a metre wide and tall on her trees and never touches them with a hose or anything else for that matter..
Maybe its like a kind of black spot that my roses get because of the damp mornings with the fog and heavy dew, perhaps the leaves are getting older and ready to drop off..
Not much help really..
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 06/07/2008 : 10:00:43
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Gail I meant to say *What a healthy looking plant it is*
Been reading a bit about them in my *What garden Pest or Disease is that book*, it states they can tolerate quite cold conditions but we know that anyway plenty of those down in Melbourne.. They only seem to suffer from two things the staghorn fern beetle, and the elkhorn spore caterpillar and yours look too healthy for that.. 
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 06/07/2008 : 17:18:03
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Thanks Mary-Anne. They are healthy plants otherwise and quick growers too. Except for the actual spotty frond, the plant itself seems fine. I do give them a water if I think they look a bit dry as they are only babies still, I might let them go dry a bit more... just have to make sure they don't get too dry 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
Edited by - Gail on 06/07/2008 17:20:16 |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 06/07/2008 : 17:30:40
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How spectacular they will look as they grow Gail. It reminds me I might try one here in one of the many gums down the front.
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 07/07/2008 : 12:12:32
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Maybe its like a kind of black spot that my roses get because of the damp mornings with the fog and heavy dew, perhaps the leaves are getting older and ready to drop off..
I was thinking along the same lines 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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lorraine
assistant gardener
Australia
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Posted - 07/07/2008 : 15:42:45
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hi we have quite a few stags here too and as mary anne pointed out melbourne is alive with them
kito to me it looks like its as cheryl said as they go like yours have done when they are getting ready to drop leaves before the new? shields start to re grow
apart from those leaves they look very healthy
if you look really closely down at the base of those leaves you may see the little knobbly bits of new leaves starting to think about growing |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2008 : 18:46:50
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I have 3 of them now, never paid for one of them, they get a bit sick looking, due to lack of position and water i would say and they get tosses out, YAY for me, mine have a dripper in them and get very little water (dripper not turned on) and they do very well down here, protected from the hot sun and frosts, great to cover the odd part of the fence
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2008 : 18:57:25
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I do suspect the heavy dew and fogs we were having. The spotty fronds aren't that old. They seem to start to develop the spots shortly after the fronds come out, within a couple of weeks. Hopefully once warmer weather comes it will help.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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