No, definitely not RAs, as you know I have had my experience with them. For all the trouble they cause, at least they take a LOT longer to kill.Maiden,
How do the roots look? I know you've had experience with root aphids, but this doesn't look like RA's to me. Checking would be wise anyway, and I'd smell the roots. A sulfurous smell would be an alarm.
Looks like you need to act quickly, so if it were me, I'd spray the leaves with potassium bicarbonate, and drench medium with you're usual water, ph'd, and 1 1/2 Tbl/gal 3% hydrogen peroxide. I'd want plenty of run off.
I'd use H2O2 for three waterings/feedings, then re-innoculate with Great White or similar. Then I'd brew some good ACT with EWC, and hit the leaves and soil with it. I'd also each time use a good root stimulator like Roots Excelurator or GO's Root...whatever. Hope than helps. Good luck. -granger
Aw, jeez... I never thought of that, but it seems that if someone were trying to get back at me by spraying then I would think drift alone would have done the same to my cukes, tomatillos, peppers or zucchini. And if that's the case, why would they hit the smallest plants first?yes...it really does look like the plants have been sprayed or covered in sum....poision...
is there crop spraying in U'r area that could have drifted thru the wind?
or a pissed off bear w/ a urinary track infection that is mad @ U?
I have a problem with them crapping my my veggie garden, haven't yet had a problem with them spraying anything. Yet?Also check for cats, the bastard males around here came and sprayed my plants on a regular basis till I got my 22kg staffy , now they(cats) take a wide berth around my house.
Your leaves look very much like mine do after a cat has sprayed them and it doesn't take long at all for the plant to die.
Hope this gives you food for thought
I don't know. Do you really think you can tell everything you need to know about a soil mix just by looking at it? Because what you're looking at is perlite that's floated to the top and is stained by the stuff I feed, such as kelp and WC teas. I hope I know enough not to overwater, although this did begin when I had to have someone else care for the plants. The thing is, this girl is pretty smart and helps me every morning with my gardening, is observant and if she were overwatering, wouldn't it affect a lot more than just a couple of plants? The logic doesn't hold.What the heck is that soil? Looks like some terribly dense rocks...My guess is that weed ninja is right and it was caused by over watering + compaction. Soil just looks awful from here and number one culprit imo. Heat stressed as well but how hot was it? Hot enough to kill the roots? The whole grow is bad I think this is soil mix issue, but maybe pest. Really does look like plants that were pissed on though I have been drawing my name in the back yard for a week now looks just like the dead grass j/k heh
No, the perlite is stained. Either way, green microalgae is not harmful at all. One thing is for sure, I will NEVER start seeds in peat pucks ever again, I've had nothin' but problems with those things.Is that algae all over in the pots from the white tables? I have heard it does not affect your plants but I do not believe this to be true. I would change your seed/clone starting method by using a better mix and a standard pot or solo cup.
Fucking better NOT be a mountain lion! I can't run.I hope you get this solved I know how much of a bummer this can be you should definitely check for root aphids on the roots and fungus gnats they will do this too cause fusarium etc as well.
Maybe a mountain lion that is a lot of piss, lol...I have seen a lion blast off spraying everything before looks like a giant rainbird sprinkler would be able to cover that amount of grow.
Son of a bitch, Joe... the pots are still heavy and the affected plants are not drinking. The apparently unaffected plants are still drinking, but not as much as I would expect given the heat and RH.overnight you say?....
my first guess looking at them would be pythium, or the lesser known phytopythora...ive had this happen to my plants indoor overnight and there was no saving them...wilted overnight and died within 2-3 days...
one thing ive noticed is that with pythium or phytopythora, the roots stop drinking any water and the buckets remain heavy...yours look dry, how are they, full of water or dry? are the plants drinking?
take a look at the phytophythora link in my sig...
Agreed.and as for something being sprayed on them? imo we can rule that out right now, anytime i seen stuff sprayed on plants the wilt and die from the top down, not the bottom up like in these pics
I do use teas, and used one the week before we left. But if this were the case, wouldn't it affect everything I've used it on? And wouldn't it affect all the plants at around the same time? Either way, I think I'm going to have to go with this or what Sam discusses below.oh i forgot to ask....do you feed your plants tea? reason i ask is if you made a bad batch of tea then chances are you infused the soil with bad fungi and bacteria which would be the same as pythium ect...
Aspirin is one of my favorite palliatives, so I'm already stocked. I can burn the infected ones, I don't want to compost but when I took the pix I wanted to show what's left and hopefully show what progression I could. This is quite helpful, thank you.I'd guess verticellum, or some other fungal/bacterial infection, thats the only thing I know of that does that kind of damage that quick.
foliar spray all the plants with ewc tea or compost tea, when the infectious material lands on the plant, it will be consumed by bacterial/fungal remnants of the tea. Thats about the best organic method I can think of.
You could spray the ones that are infected, then give them an asprin foliar feeding. (325mg/gallon) Asprin will kill internal infections, fungal or bacterial, may take a few applications though. This may help the ones mildly effected.
If it were me though, I'd trash all the infected ones just to get out of there. Don't want it spreading anymore spores.
Good luck, hope you can stop it.
EXACTLY what's happening here, it just goes overnight. Thank you!My guess is Pythium. Ive seen it on parts of Cannabis, over night, half the bush is dead, wilted with a little bit of normal growth not affected yet. gl sm
It sure is expensive! I was debating purchasing it with my last PVFS order, and didn't because of its expense. I am now kicking myself in the ass, because I've had this feeling that *something* isn't going to work well for me this year. Time to bite the bullet and get it, simple as that. Getting it ordered, feeding the tea after doing the H2O2 drench because I think it's warranted here, then moving forward.Actinovate is a natural product that will take care of pythium and other fungal diseases.
http://www.gardeners.com/Actinovate/39-394,default,pd.html
This stuff really works according to what I hear, but it's expensive.
the lesser known phytopythora...