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Thu 27 May 2004 20:48
Tree Sap - AlanGowdy
One for the horticulturalists out there. I park my car under a large tree at home and at this time of year it quickly gets coated with millions of spots of sticky sap. It\'s easily washed off - just a nuisance. Can I expect the tree to stop dropping its mess soon when the leaves are fully out - or will it continue until the autumn?
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Thu 27 May 2004 20:57
Tree Sap - Hairy Hat Man
It's possible that what you're decribing isn't sap at all, but 'honeydew' aka aphid poo. In which case it's likely to get worse and stay all summer. Sorry.

We've got huge lime trees all along our road and it got so bad last year that your shoes would get sticky walking on the pavement!
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Thu 27 May 2004 23:23
Tree Sap - Vansboy
Anyone bought a NEW Rolls Royce recently? In days gone by, the handbook used to tell you not to park under lime trees!

Wonder if it still does?

VB
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Fri 28 May 2004 09:57
Tree Sap - patently
I thought it told you to instruct the chauffer not to park under lime trees?
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Thu 27 May 2004 22:15
Tree Sap - bartycrouch
It is aphid doings. If the tree is yours or you can get permission, use a high pressure spray on the leaves. Knocks the little devils off and can make quite a difference.
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Fri 28 May 2004 10:10
Tree Sap - L'escargot
It is aphid doings. If the tree is yours or you
can get permission, use a high pressure spray on the leaves.



Had the same problem with a sycamore at the side of my drive. My car got covered literally as fast as I could wash it. Unfortunately spraying the tree wouldn't have been practicable as it was some 35/40 feet tall. In the end I had it removed ~ it was surprisingly cheap although I would imagine it would depend a lot on where you lived and how easy it was to get access to it.

Incidentally, why are rose bushes clear of greenfly when you buy them yet the minute you plant them they become absolutely infested?

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L'escargot by name, but not by nature.
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Fri 28 May 2004 14:02
Tree Sap - patently
Greenfly? We'd love to have roses with just greenfly. Ours start to die the moment they cross the boundary of our property.

Life expectancy of a rose bush outside the patently estate (!), measured in years.

Within the patently estate, measured in days.
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Fri 28 May 2004 14:07
Tree Sap - teabelly
If you stick garlic in the soil around roses that is supposed to discourage the little green beggars from nibbling the plant. I think the garlic has a chemical in it that makes their jaws go funny so they drop off.

Keeping a good wax coat (phew managed to get back into motoring) eg autoglym on the car would help to make them easier to wash off when you do have doings to contend with.
teabelly
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Fri 28 May 2004 14:10
Tree Sap - patently
And keeps vampires away from the flowers, of course.
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Fri 28 May 2004 15:24
Tree Sap - BazzaBear {P}
And keeps vampires away from the flowers, of course.


Keeping a good coat of wax on your car keeps vampires away from flowers?
See, this is why I like this forum, you're always learning something new.
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