can someone help me identify what it is thats growing on this salad rocket? the wild rocket i have planted next to it doesnt seem to be affected but the whole batch of salad rocket had leaves covered in this white growth....
Not sure what it is, but first guess would be fertilizer residue from guttation. At the edges of the leaves are glands called Hydathodes. When the plant is taking up more water than it can use it expels the the rest out of the hydathodes. If there is fertilizer in the water, the salts can build up into white crusts. Does this sound like it could be the case?
Are you cultivating the soil for aeration of the roots too? Something is building up in the plant mass.....
that was only one example, the growth isnt only coming from the edges of the plant, its pretty much everywhere on the leaves, i had the same planted in another part of the garden with different soil and the same thing happened, could this be caused by over crowding do you think?? sorry K Baron, i dont understand your question. Is that the same as aerating the soil around plants by digging it up?
Hi Maximus, I was referring to aeration, by tilling around the roots, but trying not to expose them. It sounds like a fungus either air born or in the soil? The damp nights won't help either. Sorry for any confusion.
Fungicides may help.... http://gardening.yardener.com/Yarde...horfiction.com/rumors/h/hydrogen-peroxide.htm
