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Question

We have a Nelly Moser Clematis which is being eaten away by something..Nothing visible except a few brown spots on the underside of the leaves which then turn into holes..Help please !!

Answer 1

isnt clematis mean A vine plant? but anyway i would spray with light spray or feather dust it and plant a basil and a marigold next too it....they take away most commen pests

Answer 2

its a type of plant virus really its treatable its nothing to really worry about place a good amount of plant food and liquids in the soil. if it continues to get worse all you have to do is take the plant and repot it in another pot with new soil and that will fix it.

Answer 3

You can take a very mild non-alkaline soap in a squirt bottle.  Squirt a bit on several leaves on the bottom of the plant.  Make sure that you carefully wipe off any residue.  Check the plant after several days to insure that the soap is not too strong.  This should work as an alternative to insecticides.  However, if it's a millworm or some other kind of parasite, you may want to consider a good spray.  If you use the soap mixture, you'll have to reapply it after every rain.  Most chemical insecticides would last through the rain.

Answer 4

Various fungi cause leaf spots on clematis. Usually the spots are brown to black, and they may join to form large patches of dead tissue. Sometimes the spots have visible groups of fruiting bodies in them. Pick off and discard the infected leaves, and remove and discard seriously infected plants, together with the soil around them. Spray clematis vines with a flowable sulfur spray every seven to ten days until the symptoms subside. Since leaf spot fungi thrive in moist conditions, avoid wetting the foliage when watering plants.

Maj