Hello.

I'm growing courgettes in a tub. The leaves are all turning silvery-white,
spreading out from the veins. It doesn't look like powdery mildew to my
inexperienced eye - but I'm not sure.

The fruits seem to be developing OK.. Is this discolouration normal or a
disease ?

Any ideas or advice please ?

Thanks

KK

KK wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm growing courgettes in a tub. The leaves are all turning silvery-white,
> spreading out from the veins. It doesn't look like powdery mildew to my
> inexperienced eye - but I'm not sure.
>
> The fruits seem to be developing OK.. Is this discolouration normal or a
> disease ?
>
> Any ideas or advice please ?
>
> Thanks
>
> KK

I grew courgettes last year for the first time. The leaves also turned
powdery white, but this didn't seem to affect the humongous crop... to
my great shame, I ended up putting the last few onto the compost
heap...

So, either it is entirely normal, or in any case it has no negative
effect on the crop.

Cat(h)

Following up to "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie [at] yahoo.com> :

>
>KK wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I'm growing courgettes in a tub. The leaves are all turning silvery-white,
>> spreading out from the veins. It doesn't look like powdery mildew to my
>> inexperienced eye - but I'm not sure.
>>
>> The fruits seem to be developing OK.. Is this discolouration normal or a
>> disease ?
>>
>> Any ideas or advice please ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> KK
>
>I grew courgettes last year for the first time. The leaves also turned
> powdery white, but this didn't seem to affect the humongous crop... to
>my great shame, I ended up putting the last few onto the compost
>heap...
>
>So, either it is entirely normal, or in any case it has no negative
>effect on the crop.

Ours always seem to go like that every year, and they crop profusely. Mine
don't seem to suffer from it either.
--
Tim C.

KK <trebor [at] yeleek.nospam.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>Hello.
>
>I'm growing courgettes in a tub. The leaves are all turning silvery-white,
>spreading out from the veins. It doesn't look like powdery mildew to my
>inexperienced eye - but I'm not sure.
>
>The fruits seem to be developing OK.. Is this discolouration normal or a
>disease ?
>
>Any ideas or advice please ?
>
They do have silver markings
--
Kay