Re: Leaf problem
- Subject: Re: Leaf problem
- From: H* E* P*
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 17:15:39 -0700
pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
>
> The silver sheen on your leaves has me a little concerned, otherwise I would dismiss this as natural maturation. This could be a fungi of some sort, most leaves as they age turn brittle and brown. Are the leaves silvery on top and bottom? Any holes developing in the silvery area? Are the leaf veins ribbing? I hope it is not a fungus and just natural maturation or sun scald.
>
Mildew turns leaves light gray "which you may be calling silver as in
silver maple".
Zinnia and Phlox are flowers whose leaves are usually covered with the
gray mildew in late summer.
However, it it natural color of leaf no problem. Cinderella pumpkin
and goosneck squashes and many others often have an attractive gray
color and pattern in the leaves and this is no virus or fungus. In our
cornfields we could tell the Squash from the Pumpkins by this color
because our field pumpkins did not have the color.
--
Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist. i*@disknet.com
Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab
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