[CH] White patches on leaves of plants (take 2!)

John Clark (john@callcentrevoice.com)
Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:53:55 +0000

Hi everyone.

ScotChile update!

Firstly, I wanted to thank everyone who responded last time.  =
Unfortunately, my internet access right now is a bit sporadic and so I =
may have missed some replies.  Apologies if anyone is feeling ignored!

I have a feeling I'm quite a bit ahead of many of you on the list, as my =
chile plants are now hardening off in the greenhouse, and mainly doing =
well.  Most are in 8" pots, save for a couple which are in 10" pots.  =
I've also planted some directly into 10" plastic cylinders, filled with =
earth and over the greenhouse's soil.  This is an experiment, but the =
plants have survived a week so far, and seem fine.  Most plants are =
around 4 to 6 inches in height, but some of the later ones are a little =
smaller.

I'm not going to ramble on unlike before, but I do have a 'situation' =
with some of the plants.  Not having a digital camera and not having had =
a chance to get conventional photos developed, I'm going to have to =
describe the ailments rather than show you an image.  Basically, some of =
the plants have white, paper-thin patches on some leaves.  There appears =
to be no pattern to this, and none of the plants seem worse for it.  =
I've picked off the worst affected leaves, but on some it's a speckled =
effect and on others it's at the tips of the leaves and in some cases in =
the middle.  Strange.  I firstly thought about the sun, but it's March, =
it's Scotland and we don't get too much sun.  Can anyone suggest what =
this might be and what I can do about it?

All the best,

John