My butternut squash plants, although are growing very well, seem to have this white patterning along the veins of their leaves.

It looks a bit like powdery mildew, however all of the pictures I’ve seen of that online seem to be more spotty and less distributed like this. This patterning is seen across ALL of my squash plants and I’m not sure if I need to do something or just let it grow!

  • mmmWord@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Your plant looks pretty ok to me, and I wouldn’t sweat it anyway — in my experience with zucchini they always end up getting mildew as a final life stage kinda thing. They’ll keep producing until it really takes over, by which time they’re done anyway. Instead focus on feeding well and watering consistently to stave it off and maximise productivity.

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      4 months ago

      Vine borers have been getting my squashes lately, but agree that end of season mildew is hard to avoid.