Does anyone know what this is?

[zazen999]

Hi everyone cheers for the messages so far

-- I got them from gardenbargains.com who have failed to respond to a single one of my emails. I did a little research about them and have found other people who have recieved infected / damaged goods and havent been able to get anything back Apparently they have a policy of not taking any sort of responsibility for the things they sell

-- I've had them since early October.

-- They're currently living in my kitchen since the sites I looked at on how to grow them said they liked warmth and indirect sunlight

-- I thought leaf blight at first but that wouldn't explain the effect on the little leaves. Young leaves are supposed to be resistant to it but whatever these dark patches are they're attacking everything

-- I've had a look, can't see any type of mould patches underneath, just the black edges

-- Aberdeenplotter: Can you recommend a good fungicide to look for? I have Fungus Fighter from Bayer Garden but that isn't supposed to be used on food crops

You don't need a fungicide - they probably just need some cold fresh air!

They are hardy - get them outside!

[Greenfingeredfaerie]

@ Rusty Lady: Which part of "I'm not exposing my other plants to a possibly contagious infection which I don't have a cure for" did you not understand? Sittijng in the kitchen the pineberries are quarentined from everything else I have. I'm not putting them outside and having the entire garden come down with this

As an update to this situation: We just lost the runner one of the pineberries had put up. For some reason it hadn't taken to the soil. While disposing of the dead runner I found what appears to be a tiny white worm, about a couple of milimeters long hanging out of it (and it was wiggling) Anyone got any ideas on what this could be?

[veggiechicken]

I recently purchased three pineberry plants over the internet (foolish move, I know, I regret it now) and when they came to me they had darkened patches on some of the leaves

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I removed all of these leaves, thinking that it was just a side effect of their travel to get to me and that the remaining healthy parts would be okay. Sadly in the last week I have discovered similar patches appearing on the newer leaves:

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I've taken some of the infected leaves down to my local garden centre but they say they have never seen this sort of die-back before. So far I've been unable to identify my problem and I'm desperate to know what this is so that I can fix it.

If anyone has any ideas or advice I will be so grateful

Which part of "I'm not exposing my other plants to a possibly contagious infection which I don't have a cure for" did you not understand? Sittijng in the kitchen the pineberries are quarentined from everything else I have. I'm not putting them outside and having the entire garden come down with this

You asked for advice and you were given it. Its up to you whether you take that advice or ignore it.

[Glutton4...]

Put them in the bin - they're gonna die if you keep them indoors, anyway!

You've been advised what to do. The winter temperature outside will more than likely kill the bacteria. Keep them away from the rest of your plants, if you're that worried, but they will die if you carry on ignoring what the experts are telling you, and keep them indoors.

[Aberdeenplotter]

@ Rusty Lady: Which part of "I'm not exposing my other plants to a possibly contagious infection which I don't have a cure for" did you not understand? Sittijng in the kitchen the pineberries are quarentined from everything else I have. I'm not putting them outside and having the entire garden come down with this

As an update to this situation: We just lost the runner one of the pineberries had put up. For some reason it hadn't taken to the soil. While disposing of the dead runner I found what appears to be a tiny white worm, about a couple of milimeters long hanging out of it (and it was wiggling) Anyone got any ideas on what this could be?

Strawberries are very susceptible to damage by vine weevil so I suspect will be pineberries if they are from the same family. That's my guess.

Like the others my advice is put them outside. Inside the greenhouse even if there is glass missing should be fine. Will they survive? No idea but they will need a period of vernalisation to enable them to flower and produce fruit. B@ggered if you do, B@ggered if you don't..

[Bigmallly]

@ Rusty Lady: Which part of "I'm not exposing my other plants to a possibly contagious infection which I don't have a cure for" did you not understand?

If you spoke to me in that tone, I would be pretty pi55ed off, please don't personalise your posts.

[veggiechicken]

...and the personalisation was part of the later edit as was the request for more help

[chris]

Greenfingeredfaerie, you've been given the correct advice. You can either choose to take it, or leave it. As above, please keep the aggressive attitude off these forums, in particular directing at individuals.

Thread closed to stop this spiraling out of control.