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Originally Posted by Pup
Mage It looks like thrip, does it appear to be inside the leaf as a bulge?.
If it is it very tenacious the best way to get rid of it is to cut of the leaves that are affected.
The alternative is a systemic insecticide.
I hope this is of help.  Pup |
Sorry for the delay in response but I wanted to give the plant time to react to the suggestions and treatments (see my other post). I've only had it 4 days now.
It seems more like a scab but not inside the leaf. But since removing these I haven't seen it anymore. Just splotchy discoloration and tiny black/red spots (cherry spot fungus?)
I removed the affected leaves but more tiny spots and discoloration appeared on other leaves so I applied a fungicide with a q-tip to each affected leaf and made some other changes (soil, no rocks/clay/moss). The fungus has slowed considerably but is not entirely gone. So it's a wait and see situation.
As you suggested a systemic fungicide is probably in order. Locally I've only found Neem oil extract in a small quatity so I suppose I'll try that if the fungus doesn't stop spreading.
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