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Wed, Oct 3, 12 at 23:11
| So my neighbor decided to spray deck/fence brightener (bleaching agent) all over the fence that separates our properties. As a result, some of it oversprayed into my garden beds and my Anemone, Malva sylvestris and Clethra (shrub) all have burned leaves.
Should I cut the anemone and Malva down? Do you think there will be any lasting damage? I want to approach my neighbor about it, but I would like to do so without overreacting. The directions on these products specifically say to cover plants because the chemicals burn leaves. Oh well, so much for reading directions. |
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| If you have time, cut affected leaves, but I doubt any chemicals will get through to the rest of the plant at this time...the leaf is probably dead and not moving anything through it. No matter how I cover plants, DH manages to make a mess of them when he sprays anything, and I've never had any longterm damage. As for approaching your neighbor, just in a friendly manner ask to be notified in the future so that you can cover your plants that might get spray on them. In your neighbor's defense, it is amazing how far spray travels...until you've seen it, it's not possible to believe. |
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- Posted by mistascott 7A VA (My Page) on Wed, Oct 3, 12 at 23:46
| ^I am not angry at them because they are nice people and I know they didn't do it on purpose. I just wish they had given me a chance to cover them. I didn't think it could have done this much damage either, but it did. I am just going to tell them that it did damage and to please let me know the next time they do it so I can cover the plants. I do think that with fall fast approaching, these leaves are going to be on the ground soon enough anyway. Surprisingly, my evergreen Rhododendron has yet to show any signs of damage...tougher leaves, perhaps? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 12 at 8:03
| being oct and all.. arent they all close to going dormant in your zone ??? i would just leave it all ... for fear of triggering a late flush.. which would be worse than some simple leaf damage ... in a month.. or at fall cleanup.. get rid of the leaves ... ken |
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