What's wrong?

buttaflie143 5/3/2011, 5:36 pm

There appears to be something very wrong with my zucchini and cucumbers...please take a look and tell me what you think.

What's wrong? Diseas10

**camprn** 5/3/2011, 6:35 pm

When you water these plants ate you putting water at the base of the plant or are you showering the whole plant w/ water?

buttaflie143 5/3/2011, 7:22 pm

Right after I planted, we got some torrential rains, but I have only been watering at the base of the plant with a pitcher.

**camprn** 5/3/2011, 7:56 pm

So, it looks like you have some healthy foliage growing there, if it was my plant I would pinch off the bad looking older leaves and discard them. The new foliage you may want to watch to see if you have any more problems.

buttaflie143 5/3/2011, 8:56 pm

But what do you think is the culprit...too much water...downy mildew?

buttaflie143 5/3/2011, 10:49 pm

buttaflie143 wrote:But what do you think is the culprit...too much water...downy mildew?

...and here comes the rain again. Sad

Miss M 5/3/2011, 11:21 pm

Could be something to do with all the rain. I had some problems with powdery mildew on my miniature rosebushes in FL. I read some stuff, and skeptically sprinkled them and the soil they were in with ordinary yellow cornmeal. It worked. The mildew disappeared, and the rosebushes thanked me for it.

I reapplied once more that year, when it tried to come back. Again, it disappeared.

Hey, plain yellow cornmeal. Can't hurt anything, right? What a Face

buttaflie143 5/3/2011, 11:23 pm

Hmmm. Definitely can't hurt so I will certainly do some more research on it. Thanks.

Miss M 5/4/2011, 1:00 am

Good luck! Hope that or something else helps! Smile

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