Gingerbeard
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There are lots of questions about damage to plants where the damage is nothing major and doesn't need more than a twisty or tape to fix. Nothing nute because there is a plethora of information already on GWE.
1. Holes in leaves and missing serrations in the margins of aren't always bugs. I would be more concerned if it was more than one hole on more than one leaf. The edges of the holes are not yellow which would probably mean something chewed on it.
2. Yanking a mature fan leaf off a plant can pull a strip of the skin off. In this case no treatment happened but it recovered.
3. This is a smashed leaf tip. I am a clumsy person.
4. There are a number of these little spots on the leaves. They are yellowed around their edges. I'm not worried because:
a. They are very small and only a few of them on the plant. There is no such thing as one bad bug. I would be growing swiss cheese if it was a bug infestation.
b. The number of holes/spots doesn't change on existing leaves and they do not appear on new growth.
c. It's not mold or mildew. A simple magnifying glass will help show that. If it was one of the more common mold or mildew like WPM or black spot, the spots on the plant would grow all over the place.
d. It's not bugs. Again, a magnifier will help determine that.
e. There is no bug poop on lower leaves. Bug poop is pretty easy to see, even with my eyes. They're little black spots.
1. Holes in leaves and missing serrations in the margins of aren't always bugs. I would be more concerned if it was more than one hole on more than one leaf. The edges of the holes are not yellow which would probably mean something chewed on it.
2. Yanking a mature fan leaf off a plant can pull a strip of the skin off. In this case no treatment happened but it recovered.
3. This is a smashed leaf tip. I am a clumsy person.
4. There are a number of these little spots on the leaves. They are yellowed around their edges. I'm not worried because:
a. They are very small and only a few of them on the plant. There is no such thing as one bad bug. I would be growing swiss cheese if it was a bug infestation.
b. The number of holes/spots doesn't change on existing leaves and they do not appear on new growth.
c. It's not mold or mildew. A simple magnifying glass will help show that. If it was one of the more common mold or mildew like WPM or black spot, the spots on the plant would grow all over the place.
d. It's not bugs. Again, a magnifier will help determine that.
e. There is no bug poop on lower leaves. Bug poop is pretty easy to see, even with my eyes. They're little black spots.
