🦠 Diseases, Insects, and Mites
Powdery Mildew Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that looks like a white dust on the surface of the leaf. You can wipe the dust off with a finger. Within a few days it comes back. Plant Infirmary Post your sick plant in this sub-board when you cannot tell what is wrong with it. Typical cases are: Botrytis Botrytis cinerea, the grey mould that hollows out a flower from the inside while the outside still looks finished. Prevention, early detection, and what to do with the rest of a plant once one site has been found. Mites Spider mites, broad mites and russet mites: how to tell which one you have before you spend money treating the wrong thing, what the life cycle means for treatment timing, and which biological and chemical options are workable on a crop that will be inhaled.
