(Help) Someone sprayed my plants with herbicide

[Altrexy]

Someone sprayed my part of the alley with some red/dark orange/brown staining oily and sticky stuff which has killed chunks of my plants. I’m wondering if anyone could help me identify what they used and whether I should cut off the affected branches or let the leaves fall off naturally and let the branches resprout. The smell isn’t discernible beyond being ever so slightly sweet

[roblack]

That is awful, what a nightmare. Wishing you the best in treating your plants. Following.

[Jackson]

That’s terrible. I hope your plants recover.

I feel your pain. My neighbor killed my passion vine that was loaded with hundreds of fruits. It was growing on my fence that divides our two properties.

[Finca La Isla]

I would cut away the affected parts, leaving only what is healthy. Weakened foliage can be easy for fungus to establish.
Suerte, Peter

[Altrexy]

Thank you for all the kind words guys! I was smart enough to keep all my precious stuff inside the fence with the only exception being my fruiting Sabara jabo. The only casualties seems to be a fern I didn’t really care about, about 50% of my little blueberry bush and a few lower branches of the jabo. i think everything else will be okay. I rinsed them off and the residue came right off. Moved the sabara indoors and will be setting up a sign and a camera. I talked the association and they said they don’t spray anything so it was a neighbor ☹️

[xesoteryc]

Thank you for all the kind words guys! I was smart enough to keep all my precious stuff inside the fence with the only exception being my fruiting Sabara jabo. The only casualties seems to be a fern I didn’t really care about, about 50% of my little blueberry bush and a few lower branches of the jabo. i think everything else will be okay. I rinsed them off and the residue came right off. Moved the sabara indoors and will be setting up a sign and a camera. I talked the association and they said they don’t spray anything so it was a neighbor ☹️

I'd definitely politely check with your neighbors, depending on the reaction you get can tell you a lot

[Artocarpus]

The red color is likely a carrier oil or solution that makes herbicide more effective. Most herbicides are not very colorful on their own.From the pics it looks like a contact type and not a systemic one from isolated areas where it hit were effected instead of the whole tree. Best of luck for your plants.

[MadFarm]

Likely something that came from a garbage truck if you have waste services in the alley.

[Altrexy]

Likely something that came from a garbage truck if you have waste services in the alley.

It’s more of a walkway between the patios than a true alley, can’t fit a car let alone a truck back there. The more I think about it the more sure I am it was a neighbor because only my little area (about 6 patios) has dead grass and weeds, everything else has weeds growing out of every nook and cranny. My upstairs/nextdoor neighbors have had rats living in their apartment and I think their landlord might be trying to blame my patio and fruit trees for it. As a sign of good faith I made a big deal out of moving out all the plants, thoroughly cleaning out my patio (in all fairness it was a jungle with soil on the tiles) and found no evidence of rats anywhere, then I brought them back in. They responded by calling the association on me and giving me a notice to clean up everything within 30 days. I’ve done everything besides getting rid of my potted, manicured trees and ripping out two ten year old trees from the ground. I guess now they’ve moved onto spraying the alley indiscriminately. My other neighbor said some of their stuff got sprayed too and they since stopped putting stuff in the alley. I’ve still never seen a rat in my patio or home. Seems I’ll have to pay the price for the shitty landlord/dirty tenant combo living next door, or go make my case to the association

[Rob From Sydney]

I know nothing about homeowner's associations but I reckon this entire thing is bs and your trees are basically being scapegoated. Make a case.
Morally speaking your neighbor/neighbor's landlord is strongly in the wrong, hopefully the homeowner's association sees this the same way.

Plus, isn't your neighbors spraying your yard without your knowledge a safety hazard??? And if your trees are not attracting rats then surely you could argue that your neighbors had no evidence that your fruit trees were causing damage and what they did is totally irrational???
You could potentially say that your neighbors risked your safety and damaged your property on an assumption that you potted fruit trees were attracting rats.

Perhaps I got carried away, but good luck Alex, with your poor poisoned fruit trees and whatever action you wish to take.
Rob.

[Greater Good]

Looks like transmission fluid burn. I wouldn't assume the culprit has knowledge on  conventional herbicides.
Speculation on my behalf.

By the way, fruit rats 🐀 don't invade homes. They stay outside where the fruit is.