Somethings killing blacked eyed susans
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Renee F on Jun 11, 2013Would love to hear from someone on this as all of mine have turned black also. Heartbroken!Helpful Reply
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360 Sod (Donna Dixson) on Jun 11, 2013It is difficult to tell from the picture. Does it look like there is webbing?Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 12, 2013White foam like that usually makes me think of spittlebugs, which can usually be controlled with a good blast of water. On the other hand, black leaves on rudbeckia make me think of fungus.Helpful Reply
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Linda on Jun 12, 2013looks like a milky-spore type fungus .. try googling milky and see what you end up with ... Other than that, try a local botanist place ... or arboretum .. they might know. Good luck.Helpful Reply
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Heather (New House New Home) on Jun 12, 2013It also looks like a fungus to me. Once you get rid of it (as per some professional advice), you may want to thin the clump a bit by cutting out every third stem. That way there is better aeration through the plant which will deter this from happening again. I do this with my phlox and it helps keep down the mildew which usually grows on them.Helpful Reply
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Darlene Mapes on Jun 12, 2013I had this happen to mine last year. One day they were fine the next they looked all black and mill dewy. I cut them off as I didn't want them to infect my other plants. This spring they are coming back up and the leaves look healthy so we will see.Helpful Reply
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Lynne on Jun 12, 2013looks like foamy webbing, thank you so much for helping me, last year i moved to another house and i dug them up, and they tripled in size. they were a gift. again thank youHelpful Reply
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Judy on Jun 13, 2013If it looks like soap suds it's probably spittlebugs. Does it look like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spittlebug4383.JPG Spittlebug (Froghopper) larvae make this foamy stuff. Just hose them off. The black on the leaves is a whole different matter & pics of it are needed.Helpful Reply
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Karen Goddik on Jun 13, 2013I agree with Douglas and Judy the foamy stuff is spittle bugs. Just give a good drink of water to the plants and the spittle will be gone. Black stuff sounds like black sooty mold but a picture is worth a thousand words in describing it. I have a lot of black eyed susans, live in the the northwest and have never seen the black on the leaves so I am intrigued. Keep us posted with a picture.Helpful Reply
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AmericanWoman on Jun 13, 2013I planted 16 Black-Eyed Susans last year. They never came up.Helpful Reply
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Nancy Hand on Jun 13, 2013If it looks like someone spit on your plant its Spittlebug. Spray them off with a squirt from your hose. :)Helpful Reply
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Lynne on Jun 13, 2013thanks again for all the help, i found a site on the net that recommended spray with a milk solution, since the back on the leaves is a fungus, and the milk is a fungicide. it sure is nice having so many helpingHelpful Reply
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