Here are the trouble leaves and plants as a whole. There was always this wrinkling but now theres this discoloration and holes where the discoloration is.
I told him a month ago that this plant doesnt look right and looks like russett mites and to cull it before it spreads to other plants. Also he has 6 plants in a 3x5 area and all he was doing is creating an area ripe for disease but he likes to learn his own mistakes.
Well I was partially right in that it is a troubled but it doesnt appear to be spreading to others. But it is not recovering. Can anyone tell me what this may be so i can convince him to trash the plant. He could definitely use the room for the rest of his plants to spread out but hes thick headed old man.
Neem won’t do jack! It’s only a preventive that never works either. Outdoors I swear by spinosad in veg. Kills spider mites, aphids, white fly larvae, basically every crawler but caterpillars. It doesn’t look like pillar damage to me. They put huge holes and basically start shearing the leaves, pillar damage looks same as slugs and snails. That looks like some sort of mites to me.
I’ve never seen mites or caterpillars do damage like that. It’s just too evenly damaged between the veins to be either. Looks more like a severe boron deficiency. That goes necrotic like that between the veins then cracks and makes holes. Generally caused by high pH locking out micronutrients but could just be no boron. 20 Mule Team Borax washing soda or boric acid from the drugstore fixes it up if that’s what it is. Worked for me once.
