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  Nigel Rawlins July 2, 2022 at 5:56pm

  Looking for some ideas about this for a good customer in Surrey. Not seen before. 
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  Kevin Bradnick July 3, 2022 at 4:46pm

  Hi Nigel,  I've just come across this too, in Kingswood. Only certain plants affected though. Looked like it had a powedery mildew and this 'shothole' like described on RHS website

  

  Laurel: leaf diseases / RHS Gardening

  <a href="/plants/13977/prunus-laurocerasus-cherry-laurel-common-laurel/details">Cherry laurel</a> (<em>Prunus laurocerasus</em>) is generally conside…
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    Tim Bucknall > Kevin Bradnick July 4, 2022 at 11:20am

    I agree Kevin, both of those.
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    Neil Darby > Kevin Bradnick July 9, 2022 at 2:49pm

    Wow small world around here in Surrey. I'm also Kingswood based Kevin & plenty of it around here....Probably because every millonaire up here thinks Laurel is 'the' plant to have.

    I think it is an awful plant & refuse to incorporate it in any planting I do. I spent 12 hours reducing two plants, yes TWO, down with chainsaws last week.It should be banned, there are many more benificial hedging plants to consider. I have lost cleints in the past because I refuse to plant it, I think I would rather use Knotweed lol.
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      Paul Doyle > Neil Darby July 9, 2022 at 10:55pm

      Yeah agreed, god awful thing !!! 
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      Kevin Bradnick > Neil Darby July 11, 2022 at 7:50am

      There's plenty work around there Neil. Find it hard to escape the place sometimes. It can be quite relieving going back to some of the smaller gardens after spending some time in Kingswood.

      As for the laurels, they'll prob just rip it all out and throw something else in, as they do round here. Whats a few quid here and there haha

       
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  Dave Colton July 3, 2022 at 9:32pm

  Yep I would go with shothole or eupropolella, it can be combatted with with a systematic fungicide before it gets too much of a hold.
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    Tim Bucknall > Dave Colton July 11, 2022 at 10:06am

    I'd be surprised if fungicied worked against shotholing as it's a bacterial problem.  It would help with the mildew, but the main cause I've found is dryness, if it's possible to water that might help.
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  Kevin Bradnick July 11, 2022 at 7:53am

  Progreen Weed Control 

  Do you guys have something for this?