Purple blotches on outdoor plants

I remember digging around the web looking for treatments for phytoplasma when it hit me, there’s seemingly lots around ON lately.

A ton of ideas that didn’t work and one that did, sorta.

The treatments often involved trimming the affected areas and peroxide or alcohol sprays, which do nothing except make your plant small and sad.

One involved using Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) dissolved in water, spryed on affected areas, which stopped the spread for me and seemingly killed it over a few weeks.

I had a bit of a mite problem a few months back and mixed up a batch of @JohnnyPotseed approved “one and done” mite, thrip and all things crawly killer (amazing stuff since it does not harm or stunt the plant at all!). Anyone who’s made it will know you get enough to rid a small farm of all insect life…so i had some left over after spraying my 4x4 & 3x3.

I saw a little phytoplasma on my outdoor Bubba Kush (Matt Berger cut) about a month ago and thought if ASA works, maybe the acidic nature of Johnny’s miracle bug eradicator would too?

I hosed ALL my plants down with it.

No more Phytoplasma.

No more leaf hoppers.

Happy HAPPY looking plants.

Here’s a link to the study i found on ASA to treat Phytoplasma in plants.

4 Likes