How to Use sooty mold in a Sentence
sooty mold
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The sprays can also help loosen and remove the sooty mold.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 June 2019
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Control of the insects takes time and the sooty mold slowly sloughs off the leaves.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2020
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When sprayed, the sooty mold fungus slowly sloughs off the tree portions.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2019
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This sticky sap coats the surface of plants and encourages the growth of black sooty mold, which damages the plant or tree.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2019
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The black material is growth of a sooty mold, a type of fungus which feeds on this residue.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022
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The oil spray causes the sooty mold to gradually slough off.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 July 2021
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Be alert for scale insects that suck juice from stems and leaves, encouraging sooty mold to form on the leaves.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
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For the record, neither of the insects or the sooty mold causes any serious damage to the crape myrtles.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
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The sticky matter is food for a sooty mold fungus producing the black coating.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
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The black substance is sooty mold, which feeds on the exudate from sucking insects.
—oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022
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The oil also causes the sooty mold to gradually slough off.
—Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 June 2018
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The black is a fungus, called sooty mold, present due to the feeding of these or other piercing-sucking insects.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2020
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The black, sooty mold is another clue that there is an insect problem in your garden.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023
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Within a few days, honeydew draws a black fungus called sooty mold.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
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Black sooty mold fungus grows in the honeydew substrate.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2022
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That’s sooty mold, a fungus that gets started in the sticky honeydew residue left behind by aphids and scale insects.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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The lanternflies excrete honeydew, which encourages the growth of black sooty mold.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2021
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This liquid forms a sooty mold, discoloring or killing plants.
—Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2022
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That’s sooty mold, a fungus that grows in the honeydew excretion of either aphids or scale insects.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
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Black sooty mold, a fungus, is growing on many of our citrus trees and ornamentals.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Aug. 2020
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Besides making a mess, the sweet residue can attract ants, plus a black fungus called sooty mold often develops on it (not a good look).
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2021
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Most likely scale insects are sucking juices from the foliage and stems which produce excreta to support the growth of the sooty mold fungus.
—Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
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The honeydew also becomes a great host for the development of black sooty mold (a fungus).
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 22 Dec. 2017
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During feeding, the bugs also secrete honeydew, which promotes the growth of black sooty mold.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2022
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These insects are up to no good, sucking juices from the stems and leaves that reduce tree vigor besides providing food for the sooty mold fungus.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 31 July 2021
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Renew the beauty of your hibiscus plants with a horticultural oil spray to eliminate the sooty mold forming on the surface of the leaves.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 July 2021
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Honeydew lands on homes, cars, decks and outdoor equipment, like grills, and is a growth medium for sooty mold — an unsightly fungus.
—CBS News, 6 July 2022
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But something called sooty mold fungus can grow in the secretion if left unwashed, giving everything a black cast.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
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Often, the infestations are accompanied by sooty mold a black coating on the leaves.
—Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 May 2018
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With time, the sap oozes down the bark and eventually turns black because it is colonized by an ever present fungus with the very appropriate name of sooty mold.
—oregonlive.com, 14 June 2019
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