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Flax plants - Dying back around base, help !

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I have a garden bed full of flax plants.  A row of green ones infront of a row purple ones.  With the drought in Victoria, and heavy watering restrictions in Geelong, the plants have only been watered with grey water from the washing machine, and little rain.  The purple flax have some sort of fungus/disease which is white and powdery mainly at the bottom of the plant.  There is also lots of spider webs and snails though the plant.  The plants are just over a year old and have gotten very thick in this time. We were advised to trim them right down which we have done.  We have also attempted to treat the white disease with Pestoil.  The green flax are going brown and dying.  Both plants begin dying fromthe outside, and eventually the entire plant basically rots and can be ripped out of the ground with very little effort.  It's as though the roots are either rotting or being eaten.  We have attached a photo, please help with some advice.  Megan, Geelong, Victoria.

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