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I am new to this forum but I hope someone will be able to help identify a problem I have been having with my courgette plants. I have grown them indoors using seed compost and recently moved them in to bigger pots with john innes compost they seemed to be thriving but recently most of them have developed yellow spots on leaves and 2 of the plants original first leaves/true leaves? have withered becoming dark green and powdery. On the 2 plants with withered leaves some of the healthy leaves seem to exhibit insect damage? They are currently still indoors on a windowsill! Any ideas?
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The seed leaves will die off but there looks a bit of mildew on yours due to poor air circulation. I'd pick them off. The last picture looks like snail damage, or pet? You'd be surprised where snails can lurk! As for the yellow spots I'm not sure. It could be warm enough during the day now to sit them outside. Could you add your location to your profile? -
thank you wendy! much appreciated. I am in Cheshire and I was considering hardening off and moving them out soon. I only have a cat so she is not the culprit and haven't seen any snails but will keep an eye out as I suspected it could be that although lord knows how they got there!Comment
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Don't totally discount the cat - one of mine ate a load of onion seedlings a few years ago.......Originally posted by papillon View Post
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Mine ate my cucumber seedlings last year, but they were kittens and munched on most things then!Comment
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Google verticillium wilt, see if that bears any resemblance to your problem with yellowing leaves.Potty by name Potty by nature.
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My courgettes have got bits of yellow on them too, not sure why - I even sowed resistant varieties this year! I'm hoping it's just a glitch after they were potted on and moved into the polytunnel where temperatures are fluctuating between a couple of degrees at night and 50 deg or more during the day, despite the doors and side panel open... I'm now fleecing them at night, and have decided against planting them outside as soon as I'd planned
. I did wonder if it could be the compost I'm using? Although it's the best one I've found over here, and seems OK for everything else...
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Thank you for all your responses! I had considered verticillum wilt but it doesn't seem to fit exactly as the main leaves seem healthy other than the yellow spots. I had been googling and others had suggested a simple nutrient deficiency so I fed them and removed the dodgy looking leaves affected by mildew and hopefully they will improve!
Fingers crossed!Comment
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that's simply not enough light. Get them outside in the daytimes, bring them in at night or on windy cold days ~ for about 7 to 10 days.Originally posted by papillon View Post
Then after your last frost date, they can go outside permanentlyAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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