It's never been a problem before. Now, suddenly, botrytis (at least, I'm pretty sure this is what it is) is really getting going, as seen from this pot of fuchsia cuttings. Cool still air; damp compost - it seems to love these. And I'm sure I doused these cuttings with 'Systhane' not too long ago. It's starting to resemble something from a science-fiction movie.
And the cure is almost as bad. After dusting with yellow sulphur powder, things don't look much better. But it did seem to work with the triphylla fuchsia in August.Apart from sulphur dust on leaves blocking out the light (which is already in short supply), it is at least dry and does not wet the compost (unlike a liquid fungicide such as 'Systhane'. Just hope it does the trick.
FUNGICIDES WEAR OFF
Fungicides designed to become ineffective after a short time; might be the problem. (It could have been the problem with the Tomato Blight earlier, when 'Dithane' seemed to have become ineffective after 3 weeks).
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