Black Dots On Vinyl Siding

Use these simple landscaping tips to prevent this from happening.

Black dots on vinyl siding.

The black tar like spots that are all over your vinyl siding are more than likely a fungus called sphaerobolus stellatus better known as artillery or shotgun fungus. Thankfully regular maintenance of your vinyl siding is fairly straightforward and simple. It goes all the way up to my second story windows and is even under my soffit and on my gutters. It s on the porch my windows but it is worse on the siding.

You have the infamous artillery fungus. Over time and through repeated changes in weather vinyl siding will attract and develop mold or. Thankfully i only have one area that has plants next to it so the bleach solution wouldn t hurt them but not sure about my deck stains. Shotgun fungus can shoot black spots on your house here s how to avoid the mess if you re seeing dark specks on your siding the culprit could be hiding in your mulch.

Small black spots on siding. Although it s most often found on the east coast it can grow anywhere and especially thrives in areas that have cool damp springs or rainy fall weather conditions.