Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Plant Disease?


First, I must explain the formatting of this post.  Flickr "upgraded" their site.  That's where I upload my photos to share. Since the upgrade I'm not able to get to my photos.  Howzdat for an upgrade?  Imagine, I pay for this service.  Okay, so I have had to resort to using Blogger's image uploader for today's post.  I know I must be doing something wrong, but I don't have the time, energy or desire to fuss with it.  The frustration is making me very unBuddhist-like. So here, as is, is my blog post for today. The captions on the right actually belong to the picture below it. UGGGHHH!!!!!

Most of my lemon plants have this funky, waxy thing happening on some of their leaves. Not sure what's happening, but I don't think it's a good thing.

This plant was hit first.  Now the affected leaves are kinda hard and stiff.
This plant recently had a growth spurt and about a dozen new leaves appeared.  Almost all of them have the start of the waxy build-up. 
Even this small calamansi plant has it on one of its four leaves.
I sprayed all of my plants with a mild soapy water mixture.  Hope it doesn't do more damage.

10 comments:

Kalin's Mommy said...

Papa's crown flower plant had a similar waxy looking thing and all the leaves fell off. He did the soapy water thing and it's almost back to normal, but it took a few weeks.

Erick said...

Maybe the plant store guy will know what that is.

jalna said...

Ohh, that's good to know Mich. Thanks!

I'll try ask next time I'm there Erick.

Randism said...

sorry to hear about your trouble with flickr! that's so weird! in case anyone hasn't heard, they're not giving you ONE TERABYTE of space! that's insanely HUGE!

i hope your plants will healthy once again soon!

jalna said...

Thanks Rand! When I checked out a few forums earlier it seems that other people had the same problem. Hopefully, the bugs got worked out. I'll check again later. I don't feel like dealing with it right now.

Myko said...

What it means for Flickr Pro Users:
http://mashable.com/2013/05/20/flickr-pro-changes/

jalna said...

Thanks for the link Myko. I'm still not sure if I'm gonna go with Free or stay with Pro yet. I never use the Stats feature, but not sure if ads would bother me or anybody else who might view my pictures on Flickr.

DNakamaru said...

My chili pepper plant had the same curling leaves. I didn't know about the soapy water, I hope that works!

Craig said...

Looks like the Citrus Leafminer. I have them in my trees in southern California. Bayer makes a systemic product which is the only thing that helps.

jalna said...

Thanks Dean. I early squirted with soapy water in case it was caused by some insect, but that was totally a shot in the dark.

Thanks Craig! I'll go look for it.