One stunted-looking leaf

GreenThumbGal_07 · June 13, 2020

One of my plants (Sugar Lump) seems otherwise healthy, but has produced a leaf that is stunted, narrower and smaller than the leaves around it. It seems to have tiny white specks on it.

Leaves above and below it are healthy. I'm not sure about what is causing this or whether I can arrrest this by pinching the leaf off.

Any advice welcome. Thanks.

GTG

KarenO · June 13, 2020

Sounds like a sucking insect perhaps. Pick or off. A tomato can spare plenty of leaves. Is it an entire leaf or just one leaflet.
KarenO

GreenThumbGal_07 · June 13, 2020

Hi KarenO, it's just one entire leaf.

GreenThumbGal_07 · June 14, 2020

I ended up pinching off and discarding the leaf in the garbage. The underside had very tiny little white insects on it.

June 13, 2020	#1
GreenThumbGal_07 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 300	One stunted-looking leaf One of my plants (Sugar Lump) seems otherwise healthy, but has produced a leaf that is stunted, narrower and smaller than the leaves around it. It seems to have tiny white specks on it. Leaves above and below it are healthy. I'm not sure about what is causing this or whether I can arrrest this by pinching the leaf off. Any advice welcome. Thanks. GTG

June 13, 2020	#2
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Sounds like a sucking insect perhaps. Pick or off. A tomato can spare plenty of leaves. Is it an entire leaf or just one leaflet. KarenO

June 14, 2020	#4
GreenThumbGal_07 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 300	I ended up pinching off and discarding the leaf in the garbage. The underside had very tiny little white insects on it.