Morella rubra
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- How to Plant Chinese Bayberry: Site, Soil and Why You Need Two Trees
- Pruning Chinese Bayberry: When to Cut and How to Open the Canopy
- Chinese Bayberry Care: Watering, Why Not to Feed It, and Mulch
- Chinese Bayberry Year Round: What to Do in Each Season
- Chinese Bayberry Problems: Rain Split, Fruit Maggots and Root Rot
- Harvesting Chinese Bayberry: Ripeness, Shaking onto Sheets and Storage
Pests and diseases (3)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Aphids
CommonPest
Small green or black insects cluster on shoot tips and leaf undersides, crinkling the leaves and stopping growth. The honeydew they excrete supports sooty mold that blackens the foliage.
Scale Insects
CommonPest
Small white or brown shell-like insects dot the shoots and leaves. The plant loses vigor and honeydew-fed sooty mold blackens the shoots and foliage.
Sooty Mold
CommonDisease
A thin black sooty mold spreads over the upper leaf surface, shoots and fruit. It does not invade the tissue itself, but it blocks photosynthesis and badly spoils appearance.