Hello All.

I just returned from five days away. All of my wicked plants did fine in my absence, except one standard noid which had large brown blotches on five or six leaves, mostly on one side of the plant.

This is one of my first AV's. I have had this plant for about a year. I'm fairly certain that it is an Optimara. It is a hearty grower and a profuse bloomer. It's been in full bloom for several weeks.

After spending time with "Dr Optimara", and reading several threads on this forum I was certain it was Bacterial Leaf Blight. It fit all of the symptoms. The center of the blotches were gooey and would be a hole soon.

I isolated it immediately and tonight I removed all of the affected leaves, and most of the blooms, to give it an energy break.

Did I do this right? Is there anything else I can do? How can I prevent this from happening again? I really don't like pulling leaves and blooms from a beautiful plant.

My first show is this Saturday in Indy, I'm excited.

Thom