Fuchsia Gall Mite - Bulletin August 2006

Posted on 12 April 2007
Fuchsia Lovers, please be aware of these warnings, remember there is only a small stretch of water, North Sea and English Channel, between UK, the rest of Europe and the Channel Islands respectively.

Fuchsia Gall Mite loves warmth, pay special attention to those fuchsias being overwintered in heated greenhouses.

From British Fuchsia Society

DEFRA NOTICE
We are advised by defra that Fuchsia Gall Mite has been identified in Guernsey. This is a very destructive disease and any instance must be reported to a local defra plant health office.

Further details can be found on
http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/fuschia.pdf (their spelling of fuchsia)

List of plant health offices can be found at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/offices.pdf.

From Euro-Fuchsia
http://www.eurofuchsia.org/aculops%20fuchsiae.html
http://www.eurofuchsia.org/aculops%20karten.html




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