Leaf spots...old age or something sinister?

Kikaida · June 11, 2015

So my Sweet Olive is covered in fruit and starting to blush nicely...Lower leaves however, look sick. She doesn't have very many leaves as this seems to be a genetic thing so maybe these are just pooped out?....I hope?

KarenO · June 11, 2015

Looks like bacterial speck possibly + or - some fungus. Always prune off spotty/diseased leaves asap.
KarenO

Kikaida · June 11, 2015

Thanks Kareno, she's nearly neked as it is! Poor girl =(

ginger2778 · June 11, 2015

I see lots of very tiny sucking insects. Try insecticidal soap, or neem or Spinosad. Or if you don't have to be organic, you can use Sevin.

RayR · June 11, 2015

I agree with Ginger. A pic of the bottom of the leaf would tell one way or the other. If it's mites or something else that's where the damage is being done.

Kikaida · June 12, 2015

Yeah, I was looking at it closer last night and a lot of those dots rub off...probably bug poop. I'll harvest what's ripe and almost ripe and spray her down tonight.

Heritage · June 13, 2015

Excellent photo of thrips damage. The thrips are the tiny greenish-wedge-shaped-thingies you can see on the leaf surface.

Steve

Kikaida · June 13, 2015

Dag-nabit! Everyone is going to have a Neem bath tonight. I see them here and there but there aren't a lot of them. Thanks for the observation Heritage.

Heritage · June 16, 2015

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Originally Posted by Kikaida

Dag-nabit! Everyone is going to have a Neem bath tonight. I see them here and there but there aren't a lot of them. Thanks for the observation Heritage.

It could be the thrips are just a secondary infestation and the main pest is spider mites. You can check the leaves with a hand lens to better identify the primary "suckers".

Good luck,
Steve

Kikaida · June 16, 2015

She's just about petered out with her massive flush of cherries so right now she's in isolation. Just pulled a dozen ripe ones off of her this morning. She got neem and daconil this past weekend. Funny thing to note, she is the only one 50/50 native soil (in a pot) and the only one that got nailed. Her leaves are different than my other ones and maybe more susceptible.

June 11, 2015	#2
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,932	Looks like bacterial speck possibly + or - some fungus. Always prune off spotty/diseased leaves asap. KarenO

June 11, 2015	#3
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	Thanks Kareno, she's nearly neked as it is! Poor girl =(

June 11, 2015	#4
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	I see lots of very tiny sucking insects. Try insecticidal soap, or neem or Spinosad. Or if you don't have to be organic, you can use Sevin.

June 11, 2015	#5
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,468	I agree with Ginger. A pic of the bottom of the leaf would tell one way or the other. If it's mites or something else that's where the damage is being done.

June 12, 2015	#6
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	Yeah, I was looking at it closer last night and a lot of those dots rub off...probably bug poop. I'll harvest what's ripe and almost ripe and spray her down tonight.

June 13, 2015	#7
Heritage Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,255	Excellent photo of thrips damage. The thrips are the tiny greenish-wedge-shaped-thingies you can see on the leaf surface. Steve

June 16, 2015	#10
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	She's just about petered out with her massive flush of cherries so right now she's in isolation. Just pulled a dozen ripe ones off of her this morning. She got neem and daconil this past weekend. Funny thing to note, she is the only one 50/50 native soil (in a pot) and the only one that got nailed. Her leaves are different than my other ones and maybe more susceptible.