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| I have several plants with varying problems, so I'll post each problem as a separate conversation. Here is the second: Super Sweet 100, in a pot. About 50 days old. No ripe fruit yet, but lots forming and many flowers. The leaves closest to the ground originally had small speckles, but now they have formed into holes (pictured below). I can't find any insects or eggs on the leaves, but I did find many small insects on the bottom of leaves further up the plant (pictured below). Those leaves were unharmed though. Sometimes I've seen a light powder on the lower leaves, which I assumed was pollen from the flowers above. Today for the first time I noticed tiny black dust (maybe spores?) on the lower branches. I don't have any pictures of the light and dark dust (whatever it is). Are the insects pictured a problem? Did they cause the holes lower on the plant, even though I didn't find them down there? Any other thoughts or suggestions? Thanks! |
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- Posted by pygmalion05 none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 9, 13 at 17:56
| Here is the pic of the insects on the bottom of the leaves higher up the plant. |
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- Posted by pygmalion05 none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 9, 13 at 17:58
| And here is another leaf from the same plant with more insects, which look similar, but a little different (maybe just younger?). |
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| The last picture is Aphids. They can just be rubbed off, blasted off with water to sprayed with an insecticide if you wish. And with all the yellowing either they have been there for a very long time or your plants are heavily over-watered and in need of feeding. And i would also strip off all those affected leaves. There is no reason to leave them on the plant. Dave |
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- Posted by pygmalion05 none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 9, 13 at 18:50
| Thanks Dave. Do you think the second picture is aphids as well. They looked slightly different. I'm worried they could be whiteflies, but I don't know how to tell the difference. |
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| The first picture: old laves with flea beetle damage. Remove those leaves as they aren't contributing to the plant. |
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| - Just remove ALL the yellowed leaves, with holes, damages. - Whiteflies are similar to aphids. an naturally they are WHITE ! - I would remove any yellow and/or suspicious and be on the look out for recurrence. Such leave harbor diseases and are just burden on the plant. No reason to baby them. I think a picture of the whole plants can help. One bad leaf here and there often is not important. |
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