1 Nearly one-fifth (19%) of juvenile violent crimes occur in the 4 hours between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on school days. 2  A smaller proportion of juvenile violent crime (15%) occurs during the standard juvenile curfew hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. (inclusive of both school and nonschool days).
Cause. Sooty mold is a fungal disease initiated by a combination of feeding insects, such as whiteflies and aphids, and fungi. Insects feed on the gardenia for the sap in the foliage and stems. The insects take in large amounts of sap and expel the leftover as a sticky liquid called honeydew.
When your plants have black sooty mold, your real problem is caused by the insects, such as aphids, whiteflies, mealybugs and scale. You can apply all the fungicide you want to your infected plants, but if you don't get rid of these insects, you can't eradicate the sooty mold.