A quick inspection of a few trees has brought these issues to my attention.
First up are woolly aphids on a Scots Pine. Only on one pine at the moment but I have given it a spray. I think this is the earliest I have ever had them on any tree in my garden.
A few trees were showing signs of mildew. A crab Apple and a Wild Pear.
All have now been treated. I keep a few spray bottles of insecticide and fungicide at hand for some spot spraying. On the bright side, I checked all my Maples and there wasn’t a black fly/aphid in sight 🙂
Bonsai Eejit 
maple in my front garden was covered in black fly , blasted them with a touch of stuff
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I was expecting them in the greenhouse with the maples but so far, so good.
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yes , we sprayed a couple of scotties for the same thing yesterday , but also not seeing any blackfly yet , early days though !
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a good time to do some bud selection on the pine Ian !
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