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title: "Umbrella tree problem: I’ve been slowly losing petioles from my tree.…"
description: "Umbrella tree problem: I’ve been slowly losing petioles from my tree. They’re slowly turning yellow and falling off.I’ve had it for 18 months but a couple…"
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published: "2024-03-21T22:55:31.358319Z"
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# Umbrella tree problem: I’ve been slowly losing petioles from my tree.…

_Geplaatst door K op 2024-03-21_

Umbrella tree problem: I’ve been slowly losing petioles from my tree. They’re slowly turning yellow and falling off.I’ve had it for 18 months but a couple weeks ago, petioles have been quickly falling off.

It gets great sun and is watered according to a meter. It has had scale for a while and I manually remove it. Scale wouldn’t cause this type of loss particularly if manually removed. I also use systemic since I’ve noticed the scale.

Recently I’ve seen these weird circular white patches. I use a bio fungicide since seeing them as well as a topical bio pesticide. I’m not familiar with this since it doesn’t resemble powdery mildew.

At this point a good third of my 4’ tall amate has died and I fear whatever it is has taken over. Any thoughts on fixing this or what’s causing it? I fertilize it regularly too.

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## 2 reacties

### Planty28 reageerde op 2024-03-21

It’s mealy bugs sadly :( I’m not sure about that pesticide and if it works for mealy bugs. Wipe any white that you see with alcohol and a q-tip, it’ll need a good shower too. I use a combination of neem oil, water and soap and seems to have worked for me!

### sarita reageerde op 2024-03-22

good luck!! such beautiful leaves 😭

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