Black stuff near eating damage.

cruzzfish · Jul 21, 2015

This stuff is on a BB7, chocolate bell, liebesapfel, and maybe a pink tiger, but I can't tell because the pink tiger has darker leaves. Anyone know what could cause the leaves being eaten? Also, the black stuff is dry, and peels off to reveal perfectly normal leaf tissue underneath it.

Weed · Jul 21, 2015

Are you playing with bug poop?

oldsalty · Jul 21, 2015

What's it taste like?

cruzzfish · Jul 21, 2015

Heckle said:
Are you playing with bug poop?

No.

oldsalty said:
What's it taste like?

Not going to find out. I don't think it would be poop though, just because it's too widespread on the leaves. Bugs usually poop pellets, not oil spills.

oldsalty · Jul 21, 2015

cruzzfish said:
No.

Not going to find out. I don't think it would be poop though, just because it's too widespread on the leaves. Bugs usually poop pellets, not oil spills.

Hahaha smart move! Have you sprayed anything or have you had a mosquito spraying trucks come by had some weird looking stuff on my tomato plants after they came through.

cruzzfish · Jul 21, 2015

oldsalty said:
Hahaha smart move! Have you sprayed anything or have you had a mosquito spraying trucks come by had some weird looking stuff on my tomato plants after they came through.

I watered from the top with fertilizer yesterday, but that's a light yellow color when dry. I was thinking it could be slug slime, because there are a few kinds of slugs that leave a thicker trail if they get nervous.

oldsalty · Jul 21, 2015

cruzzfish said:
I watered from the top with fertilizer yesterday, but that's a light yellow color when dry. I was thinking it could be slug slime, because there are a few kinds of slugs that leave a thicker trail if they get nervous.

Yup sounds like yer culprit!! I use beach sand around my plants they hate it keeps them at bay!!

BigB · Jul 21, 2015

in my experience, black stuff on plants is from white flies. they leave this sticky black soot stuff, that's not only on the leaves but also spreads to other places sometimes.

Weed · Jul 21, 2015

BigB said:
in my experience, black stuff on plants is from white flies. they leave this sticky black soot stuff, that's not only on the leaves but also spreads to other places sometimes.

the black stuff is what grows on their sugary poop iirc

oldsalty · Jul 21, 2015

Heckle said:
the black stuff is what grows on their sugary poop iirc

Sugary poop pops by kelloggs!!

moruga welder · Jul 21, 2015

oldsalty said:
Sugary poop pops by kelloggs!!

Hybrid Mode 01 · Jul 21, 2015

It doesn't look like sooty mold to me. I think oldsalty got it right. Kellogs Sugary Poop Pops. Free toy inside.

BigB · Jul 21, 2015

where is the black in the picture? i don't even see it

cruzzfish · Jul 21, 2015

BigB said:
where is the black in the picture? i don't even see it

Center of the leaf. I have other photos, but they came out badly.