Friday, November 5, 2010

Anthracnose, AGAIN?!

Update: I realize now that it was spider mites that caused all my damage to my Julie's new leaves.

I check on Julie today and was surprised to discover anthracnose on her young leaves. I couldn't believe that even in a dry environment at the studio, that this fungus would still antagonize my little mango tree. Some of Julie's new leaves are becoming deformed and curled from these tiny brown spots. Well, anyway, I mixed a fresh batch of Exel Fungicide (with a little bit of SM-90) to spray the leaves with and a quart of fish and seaweed fertilizer for all the mangoes. Will try to grab photos. Regardless, the new leaves from Julie are bigger than the tiny leaves it had grown during the cold spell here in Northern California.