This will help you BEAT Box Blight

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4 жыл бұрын

Learn all about how to keep box moth away - all the important things you need to know.
Special thanks to EBTS www.ebts.org/ebts-uk-home for their videos and images, for more information on Box take a look at their website and join them!
Some of the tools/ products I use:
Hedge trimmer : www.stihl.co.uk/
Mulch : amzn.to/2VgUQnN / amzn.to/37IHJ19
Feed: amzn.to/37G3HBT
Fungicide commercial Signum: www.agricentre.basf.co.uk/en/
Biopesticide (for Box moth) commercial Dipel: www.valentbiosciences.com/
Insecticide retail for Box moth: amzn.to/38IBKun, amzn.to/32809XQ
Moth trap: www.topiaryarts.com/
Box plants , more resistant varieties of Buxus Mycrophylla etc: www.herplant.be/en
Sprayer www.cooper-pegler.com/en/
Directed by : Rowena Lyon
Filmed and Edited by: www.ellenjacksonvideography.co...

Пікірлер: 42

@ginadavis174 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for explaining this so clearly. It is very helpful, and I can see that I must make some amendments to my treatment of the small box hedging I have been establishing this year in order to try to avoid any problems. I had no idea about the danger of watering from above, for example. Thanks, again.

@suzetteccc 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I have had box for years and this year I pruned a bit harshly and it probably rained before or after and voilà, I now have box blight. Top Buxus was recommended to me and I have clipped out the bad parts and done a couple of sprays. It's super easy. Things are looking better, but it's not gone yet. Also, I am moving the day lilies which are right beside it and blocking air flow and putting three large pots with standards of some kind there instead. I have put mulch on one side (we can't get the Top Buxus brand here🇨🇦) and will put it down after removing the lilies. I plan to prune inside my newly purchased ones as they are really packed with branches. Thanks for your help and encouragement! 🤞🏼

@risalangdon9883 3 жыл бұрын

Proven Winner's Company in the US, had created a new type of box that is very blight resistant. Not sure if they sell overseas or not.

@jamiejones8508 2 жыл бұрын

Now all we need is one that’s poisonous to box moths:)

@topbuxusholland Жыл бұрын

Good job! Ready to help again this year.

@VelvetandToads 3 жыл бұрын

So glad to know this, thank you!

@TheTericooper 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for such helpful informative information. I have found many USA gardeners (professional and like myself not lol) do not know how to care for boxwoods. Blight attacked and the beautiful plants & high investment is lost. Many landscapers say remove them, clean soil, burn soil then replant new plants with new soil. People who have done this have the blight to attach the new plants. Never heard about the pruning the inside (logical) for circulation of air and light. And not water the plant itself just the soil. I can't thank you enough. At this point I feel English gardeners are more familiar, versed and successful with boxwood that those in the USA.

@pinkelephants1421 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic alternative to Box is Lonicera Nitida. Similar leaf form, totally bomb proof, can be topiarised to whichever shape is desirable & never gets any diseases that I've ever been able to determine. Bonus of the tiny but highly lovely lemon scented flowers in Spring & tiny purple berries in Autumn. Used in Wales a lot.

@bunnyguinness 3 жыл бұрын

Apologies for late response. Many thanks for your comments , what I love about gardening is we all hit it from a different view point and one size definitely does not fit all. But I reckon you must have strong arms and patience. ! I know people that cut lonicera nitida hedges 6 times a year to keep them trim, sorry it would drive me bonkers. If you leave it uncut to get flowers and berries it would look worse than me on a bad hair day!

@pinkelephants1421 3 жыл бұрын

@@bunnyguinness 🤣🤣🤣 Yes, definitely different strokes for different folks. Flowers and berries are a good excuse for those of us who are either a little on the lazy side, (guilty), or for those whose gardening style is a little more relaxed. I really loved your idea of cutting the bottom out of pots but can see why friends and family laugh. Bunny spends a small fortune on terracotta pots, then cuts the bottom out! I've done something similar with drainpipe connectors to raise the soil level in a pot without disturbing bulbs already planted because I wanted to plant a Lobelia on top. Sounds hideous but is soon covered by foliage.

@pinkelephants1421 3 жыл бұрын

@@bunnyguinness Your very gracious but unexpected reply set my [two] 🧠 cells twitching. Those H20 tanks would make great H20 features if one couldn't be bothered with expensive fiddly hole prone pond liners. Since you have to dig a hole anyway, would just require lateral thinking & McGyver skills. Also could 🐝 used to create a quick terraced effect & or large central feature in courtyards/large driveways (no fiddly brickwork etc). For a central feature use 1 tank as central starting point. For each successive tank dig down, line hole with geotextile & 25-30ml gravel (avoids sump formation), leaving ~5-7" between the top of 1 tank & the next. Can 🐝 symmetrical, offset or whatever is appropriate. Could also be used to avoid expensive time consuming level adjustments in a sloping areas, particularly where access is limited/awkward. Plant with small trees (esp. flowering ones), large shrubs, hardy Cyclamen, Spring bulbs etc. Quite like the idea of Acers & or Magnolias underplanted with dwarf Azalea but the list is endless & like with any type of container planting, soil/compost can🐝 adapted to suit plant choice allowing for a wide range in a small space. A designer such as yourself could come up with some spectacular choices. What's that tree designers like to use that looks like a tiered wedding cake, especially when it flowers; variety of Cornus or Viburnum? Now that combined with Acers could look fab. Careful plant selection could give flowers 12mths of the year. Daphne's & Witch-hazel to brighten a winter's day.

@rationalinvest 3 жыл бұрын

This is super helpful - thanks!

@suepercy8390 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats box when it grows well

@buyerseller1774 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, it’s really helpful and addresses the dreaded problem of blight in a simple easy to understand approach with options. I also really like watching the design videos you have done, interesting ideas for layouts and structure. I’ve used the Top Buxus but it’s just not curing all the problems unfortunately. I have Signum and I’m interested to know what strength you mix it at for spraying? Thanks in advance.

@richardhigel5612 7 ай бұрын

Just a recommendation. Look into ‘Better Boxwood’ which is a new cultivar that is supposed to be blight resistant.

@celiad6012 3 жыл бұрын

I have used XenTari, Top Buxus and Provado to protect my box from box tree moth caterpillar, but it has to be applied several times a year and is an ongoing battle. You must need tons of it!

@waynejones3915 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant, thank you.

@iabram8993 4 жыл бұрын

Found your video. Very informative, thank you. I actually have literally been struck with caterpillers. Am not green fingered so have only just learnt what has happened. Just been spraying bug spray over last couple of nights but I think I'm not a good enough gardener to save 6 out of 8 buxus. Will attempt to cut into hedge to get light into them and add the mulch you suggested. Thank you again.

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@samdustin6733 2 жыл бұрын

@Decker Immanuel Instablaster ;)

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@deckerimmanuel600 2 жыл бұрын

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@samdustin6733 2 жыл бұрын

@Decker Immanuel Glad I could help =)

@Mrs.TJTaylor 3 жыл бұрын

Great information. Thank you.

@BarriosGroupie 3 жыл бұрын

I have a shared hedge which was OK until my next door neighbour decided to use a leaf-blower to clear the leaves from under the hedge and their pathway. The following few days the leaves suddenly started to turn yellow and fall off! So I think the problem is the way we cut hedging which leads to dense foilage around the perimeter and the buildup of fungus spores inside -- the same way black spores develop in the corners of a poorly ventilated, damp room. So a possible solution, which you've touched upon, is to improve ventilation inside via selective pruning and to give it a weekly airing in severe cases via a leaf blower during October and November especially when it's mild and damp.

@jbstiel1819 3 жыл бұрын

I really like watching your videos because I learn so much. Lots of practical tips! May I please ask how far apart you plant your box plants to keep them at 1-2 ft high? Thank you.

@bunnyguinness 3 жыл бұрын

I plant 6 plants per metre run.🐇

@jbstiel1819 3 жыл бұрын

@@bunnyguinness Thank you so much for your reply.

@anyat686 3 жыл бұрын

Please do more on boxwood. I think I’m killing my bare root plants that I bought off some lad a few months ago. Now I’m worried about my older box hedge.

@bunnyguinness 3 жыл бұрын

If you are in the uk and you planted the bare root ones in that really hot dry period we had it might be that you did not water enough initially to get them established?🐇

@NoRoads2AllRoads 3 жыл бұрын

Hi @Bunny Guinness +Bunny Guinness ... wondering at 0:44 seconds in th video... what type of hedge is that on the background? Sseems like some type o arborvitae or Thuja? I have been looking into having exactly that type of hedge but have no idea of its name

@Silviafranzetti 3 жыл бұрын

Hello I'm Silvia from Italy, we pruned our box at the end of march. It was a very dry period than we gave foliare feed and top booxus . I think we overfed the plants. Now the foliage is yellow and dry . I think we have burnt it. On top of it I think that box blight is spreading. I'll try to follow your advices. Thank you so much. I'm so worried

@bunnyguinness 3 жыл бұрын

Where in Italy? Could it have been hit by frost? Alternatively sometimes after cutting it if it is hot it does go yellow in the uk but then recovers. It sounds more like environmental factors such as bright sun or frost than a disease. It does seem early to cut it, although maybe in Italy March is normal?🐇

@urabagofcells2228 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I thought this was beatboxing video. Not disappointed, nonetheless :-)

@bunnyguinness 3 жыл бұрын

Hilarious! Hope was not too heavy going in comparison 🐇

@urabagofcells2228 3 жыл бұрын

@@bunnyguinness equally as artistic and spirited, thank you Bunny!

@yathatisgood 3 жыл бұрын

I came here to see Bunny Guinness beat boxing.

@e.elsibea1518 3 жыл бұрын

My boxwoods are pretty full, but they don't have leaves until about one 1foot (a little bit more than 1/3 of a meter) off the ground. How do you prune boxwoods to grow all the way down to the ground?

@bunnyguinness 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting - are they pretty old? I am about to reduce the height of some of my box hedges but cutting them back from about 2 foot to one foot. They will be bald on the top but will recover in a year or so. You could try cutting yours right down to 6 inches from the ground, I think they would bush out but may take a year or two. If you are anxious, you could just do one side this year, and then the other side when the first side had recovered. Or just plant little new rooted cuttings around the base to hide their bare bottoms. They are easy plants to get rooted cuttings from, takes a few months though. Good luck 🐇

@e.elsibea1518 3 жыл бұрын

@@bunnyguinness Thanks for the advice. It seems sound. I would imagine these box hedges are about twenty or more years old.