Hi everyone,
Found this forum/thread via google after going through this for this seasons outdoor grow.
First noticed it pretty early on about 6 weeks ago on just one of my sections (out of 4), didn't think much of it because it was isolated. Ended up cutting it off.
Just in the past 2 or 3 weeks ago it has gotten bad -- spread to all 4 sections.
Only one part of one section doesn't seem to be handling it very well.
Note: attachment 1 (1).jpg and 5 (5).jpg (in order the 2nd picture posted and 6th)-- very wide spread on almost all surrounding budding areas. Growth has been stunted in the worst hit area (the pictures with the most red circles)...
The other plants and sections have it -- but so far (and it doesn't look as bad as attachments 1 and 5 --- but you can kind of see in the pictures it doesn't look like it's hurting growth much yet.
Still very worrying how widespread it has become.
This is by my research and deduction indeed from leafhoppers causing phytoplasma as the thread indicates...
I have yellow sticky pads around all my plants now --- they are catching many leafhoppers.
Just today I saw two of them actually in the leaves.
The ones in my area (midwest USA) are almost always green -- and blend in really well with the plant. They can be very small too, so hard to notice.
But almost every sticky pad has caught at least one leafhopper if not 3 within the past week or two.
I know this is new -- but is there any treatment someone can recommend?
Referring to the purple.... is there nothing I can maybe spray in it, to reduce it, or kill the bacteria/phytoplasma... something?
Adding more leafhopper preventative measures-- but treatment for the already affected anyone?
We are on the edge of veg going into flowering hoping this won't kill or hurt the grow too much.
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Bobrown14 mentioned Daconil and
Serenade.... going to look more into these. Would you guys recommend?
Last pic they are even targetting brand new growth it seems. Not even developed slightly and still purple-fied.
Probably have 8-10 weeks to get through this flowering stage, thought I'd share my report and hopefully get some feedback on it.... this is completely new to me, so I am kind of going at it as I can. How does it look to ya'll? I know some of you here have experienced the same issues... is this reversable, how bad does it look?
Big thanks and happy to have found the community :)
edit: first picture has good detail and was the first section I noticed it on. This one has sense been cut off but thought to include it for its detail and the fact that it was the first sight of this