venusaur@lemmy.world to plants@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoWhat's happening to my basil? Too much sun?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageWhat's happening to my basil? Too much sun?lemmy.worldvenusaur@lemmy.world to plants@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
The parts that aren’t free are kind of shiny and up close there are little black flecks like mold. Thrips?
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoCould it be bug poo? I always suspected these marks are bugs eating a single layer of the leaf, but never saw it happening. They come many days after the leaf gets eaten.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah I think it’s thrips. I pruned the plant and sprayed it down. Hopefully it works.
Could it be bug poo?
I always suspected these marks are bugs eating a single layer of the leaf, but never saw it happening. They come many days after the leaf gets eaten.
Yeah I think it’s thrips. I pruned the plant and sprayed it down. Hopefully it works.