What's goin'-on 'ere? (x2)

[OllieMartin]

A few photos I'd appreciate some opinions on. I'm not overly concerned about any of them as the plants do seem healthy, but on the side of caution I thought I'd share the pics and harvest some opinions.


I'd guess this was either slug or caterpillar damage on my courgette, but I can't see any signs of either.


This is a courgette too. It seems to have spread to move leaves, but not to the 3 other plants that share the bed.


Now I'm not playing the blight card, but what do you think this is? It's a second early Maris Peer, there are some signs of the same on other leaves, but none as concentrated as this. The plant seems healthy and I'll probably harvest some soon.

Thank

[NewbieGardenerRow]

Sorry can't help with your query but my courgettes look exactly the same and did last year too. Eventually all the leaves went completely white and I was chopping them off and throwing them in the wheelie bin. I did get a good crop though despite the white leaves. The worse the whiteness got though...towards the end of summer the more powdery the white patches became.
My scallop squash plants sited right next to my courgettes are totally unaffected.
I'm hoping someone wise can shed some light on it on here but I can say that it didn't seem to affect my crop and I had a real glut of courgettes from just 2 plants.
From Row

[Flummery]

At a guess, number 1 - sneaky snails
no 2 - they do have silvery bits in the leaves - don't think it's much of a problem
no 3 - looks like a maturing leaf - I wouldn't worry.

[womble]

Agree with Flum.

1 and 3 snails.
2 Mine look like this, no worries.

[Paulottie]

Yep...1,3 are molluscs...blight is like brown papery patches on yellowing leaves.

2. The silver marking is fine. Powdery mildew is a haze of white.

[schw]

The silvery marking is like flecking on pea leaves - the top layer has separated from the rest of the leaf and light reflects off it only, making it look silver. I think it must make the leaf slightly less efficient, but agree that it's nothing to worry about.

[Snadger]

At a guess, number 1 - sneaky snails
no 2 - they do have silvery bits in the leaves - don't think it's much of a problem
no 3 - looks like a maturing leaf - I wouldn't worry.

Ma knows best!

[Patchninja]

According to my gardening magazine, you should re-sow courgettes outside now as it reckons that the earlier sown ones will soon be getting mouldy and less productive. So, the french evidently think it's normal to get manky courgette plants in about July.

[King Carrot]

I continually sow a few courgettes every couple of weeks as they do slow up and run out of steam - especially when their root zone is crowded and they can't expand anymore. As the newer plants start to crop I pull the older ones up and put something else there if I need the space.

[womble]

According to my gardening magazine, you should re-sow courgettes outside now as it reckons that the earlier sown ones will soon be getting mouldy and less productive. So, the french evidently think it's normal to get manky courgette plants in about July.

I'm just about to do this, for when the potatoes come out, the new courgettes can go in.