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Leaves dropping

17 years ago

I have a trumpet plant that has never been outdoors. I had to fight mites on it one time and I cut it all the way back. It has new growth and suddenly holes started to appear in the middle of the leaves. Some leaves that look absolutely healthy have started to fall off. i don't know whether i should cut it all back again and use new soil.

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zep516
17 years ago
Wrong forum, but anyway,

Ok so you have random hole's showing up in your leaves. If they are in the being punched out and not eaten from the edges in then its most likely slugs It's not Aphids because you would always see them on the plant. If you rarely see any insects on the plant but more hole's popping up it's slugs. They are nocturnal insects that crawl up the stalk of your plant and on the leaves and back down into the soil before morning. Iron phosphate sprinkled around the plant on the soil usually removes them. Or Ortho's Bug Geta. You can also try leaving a coffee saucer out over the night with beer in it. The slugs are attracted to it and will crawl in and drown. In the greatest death possible in my opinion :). Other then that rapping pure copper around the base of the plant will kill them because when they crawl over it they will shrivel up and die. Good luck
pfmastin
17 years ago
breaver,
If it's Datura that you have, I did some reading and you might check your plant for beetles, too...it seems flea beetles and adult tortoise beetles will chew small holes in Datura and its relatives. I included a link to some photos to see if the holes look like the ones in your plant. HTH.
Pam

Here is a link that might be useful: Tortoise Beetle damage
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