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.
Leaves with sooty mold fungus. Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, www.insectimages.org. Diagnosis of sooty mold problems is made simple by the fact that the black fungal growth can be removed by wiping with a moist paper towel, or in some cases, by peeling it off to reveal an undamaged plant surface.