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| Camellia leaf blight |
This foliage disease is most damaging to young Camellia and rhododendrons plants
The symptoms appear as pale brown patches on the leaves and leafstalks.
Tiny black spots (pustules) appear in the brown dead patches, and in bad attacks affected leaves fall off.
The problem seems to mainly affect newly propagated plants, although it can also attack larger plants, and is most likely during periods of high humidity
No fungicides are available for amateur gardeners to treat this disease, meaning the only control available is to remove and destroy affected leaves.
To prevent the spread and germination of the spores try and do this task when the leaves are quite dry
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