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What's happening to my basil? Too much sun? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by venusaur to c/[email protected]

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The parts that aren’t free are kind of shiny and up close there are little black flecks like mold.

Thrips?

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[–] venusaur 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks. I thought that too but haven’t seen anything. I’ll take another look. The plant only gets hit by sun on one side and I turn is every other day or so.

I noticed the dying parts of the leaf are kind of shiny and have black specks all over almost like mold.

[–] trolololol 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Could it be bug poo?

I always suspected these marks are bugs eating a single layer of the leaf, but never saw it happening. They come many days after the leaf gets eaten.

[–] venusaur 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah I think it’s thrips. I pruned the plant and sprayed it down. Hopefully it works.