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pests Aphid after damage?
- Thread starter bman900
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They're little vampires. They suck the lifeforce out of the leaves, and the damage is often seen long after they vanish back into the abyss from whence they came.
Plants exhibiting aphid damage can have a variety of symptoms, such as decreased growth rates, mottled leaves, yellowing, stunted growth, curled leaves, browning, wilting, low yields and death. The removal of sap creates a lack of vigour in the plant, and aphid saliva is toxic to plants. Aphids frequently transmit disease-causing organisms like plant viruses to their hosts. Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid
It could also be sign of some mineral deficiency such as calcium or maybe even magnesium, but its most likely to be aphid damage after effect
It could also be sign of some mineral deficiency such as calcium or maybe even magnesium, but its most likely to be aphid damage after effect
megahot said:
Do you think top dressing with bone meal is a solution, or would that take too long to be taken up by the roots?
More efficient way would be foliar spraying the plant, take in mind that calcium is not mobile nutrient so deformed leaves won't be able to 'fix' themselves, bur rather it would only affect new growth. And you should go to your like plant center or whatever its called and ask for calcium foliar spray or some containing all minerals needed for healthy development of plants. An additional measure would be checking pH level of soil making sure your plants can actually absorb calcium from the soil. (It shouldn't be too acidic)