Re: Leaf problem
- Subject: Re: Leaf problem
- From: b*
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:01:56 -0800
>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.
>--
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I would imagine if it was a fungus that there would be yellowing and dry
dead spots...........but if i had a good one set....I'd hit it again with
fugicide.......just in case.....the main key is if it or seems to be
hindering growth........................of the fruit and vine.........MB
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