hi all,

i've got 2 young (approx 10 month old) avocado plants. they've been growing well since i planted them, but recently they've started developing... what i hope is a curable problem.

the lower leaves started becoming brown and dry, as in they've started dying, and slowly this brown is spreading up both the plants.

even leaves which have sprouted not too long ago have brown developing, not from the edges like how normal leaves die, but from smatterings of brown from the centers of the leaves.

i'm not a very experienced gardener but i've gotten attached to these plants...

bubblejam wrote:
hi all,

i've got 2 young (approx 10 month old) avocado plants. they've been
growing well since i planted them, but recently they've started
developing... what i hope is a curable problem.

the lower leaves started becoming brown and dry, as in they've started
dying, and slowly this brown is spreading up both the plants.

even leaves which have sprouted not too long ago have brown
developing, not from the edges like how normal leaves die, but from
smatterings of brown from the centers of the leaves.

i'm not a very experienced gardener but i've gotten attached to these
plants...

At this time of the year I find mine needs prodigious amounts of water.
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pk

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bubblejam wrote:
hi all,

i've got 2 young (approx 10 month old) avocado plants. they've been
growing well since i planted them, but recently they've started
developing... what i hope is a curable problem.

the lower leaves started becoming brown and dry, as in they've started
dying, and slowly this brown is spreading up both the plants.

even leaves which have sprouted not too long ago have brown
developing, not from the edges like how normal leaves die, but from
smatterings of brown from the centers of the leaves.

i'm not a very experienced gardener but i've gotten attached to these
plants...

At this time of the year I find mine needs prodigious amounts of water.
#
You could also check for red spider - tiny insects giving a dust-
speckled appearance to the underside.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

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even leaves which have sprouted not too long ago have brown
developing, not from the edges like how normal leaves die, but from
smatterings of brown from the centers of the leaves.

i'm not a very experienced gardener but i've gotten attached to these
plants...

At this time of the year I find mine needs prodigious amounts of water.
#
You could also check for red spider - tiny insects giving a dust-
speckled appearance to the underside.

Scale insect can also cause those symptoms. I got rid of a scale insect
infestation on an avocado with an aerosol insecticide - Sybol. (Tree now
completely clear of the things, BTW)

Look for little dark brown 'limpets' on the stem, and smaller tawny ones
on the underside of the leaves.

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At this time of the year I find mine needs prodigious amounts of water.
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You could also check for red spider - tiny insects giving a dust-
speckled appearance to the underside.[/i][/color]

Scale insect can also cause those symptoms. I got rid of a scale insect
infestation on an avocado with an aerosol insecticide - Sybol. (Tree now
completely clear of the things, BTW)

Look for little dark brown 'limpets' on the stem, and smaller tawny ones
on the underside of the leaves.

--
Rusty
Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/[/quote]


thanks! i can see little brown dots on the stems and on the leaves so it may be that... i'll try to go buy some one that bug killer.

p.s. those red spiders, do you mean money spiders? miniscule bright red ones... are they bad for plants?

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p.s. those red spiders, do you mean money spiders? miniscule bright red
ones... are they bad for plants?

No, they are mites, and you need good eyesight to see them at all.

--
Grim Reaper
Gin a body meet a body...

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p.s. those red spiders, do you mean money spiders? miniscule bright red
ones... are they bad for plants?

No, they are mites, and you need good eyesight to see them at all.

The bright red ones aren't bad for plants.

Red spider mite (loosely called red spider) are more usually a dingy
yellowish brown with a couple of dark spots. They are much smaller than
the red spiders you are talking about, and move more slowly. You will
see them as what looks like powder on the undersides of leaves, more
thickly along the main vein towards the stalk end.

As the infestation increases, they start weaving very fine webs in the
angles of the leaf stalks, and the leaf itself may take on a finely
mottled appearance (doesn't happen so obviously on thick tough leaves
like avocado) before drying out and dying.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"