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Description:
Witches' Broom or Aloe Cancer is a viral infection that is in all probability
caused by mites. Protrusions appear at crown level, below the base of the crown
of the plant or on leaves.
Treatment:
Environmentally freindly:
Chemical:
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Remove growths with a clean knife
an destroy infected pieces. Remember when working with any infected plants
you must sterilise your equpment after use. Mix 15ml Dyant and 5ml
Chlorpyrifos mixed into 10l water and use it as a cover spray once a
month for six months, then apply Metasystox (10ml/10l) every
three weeks for six months.
Aloe cancer on the flower of A. arborescense.
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