everything stayed pretty short in this garden...it has awesome sun exposure, at around 1500ft elevation. helping him search for answers..
Prop,
my only guess, since the plants are small but still looking healthy was maybe the girlies were not getting as much nutrients as they wanted? That of course could be from many things.
DM.
WoW seems like the problem has simply exploded within a short period of time. Hard to believe it is not here to stay. Does not seem like good news at all . Didn't hear about those 2 years ago in the Chico hills. I always though root aphids would be a major pandemic and guess not.i could definately see impacts of the broad/russet outbreak this year. Easily 75% of the gardens i saw were missing plants in the rows, some had very small plants but most were just missing, many blank areas.
IF it is a broad/russet mite issue it won't go away and only hibernate through the winter. Seems to have come out of nowhere IF the problem exists. Interesting to watch the story.Mite problem will go away with winter, and a new season will have new problems.