A plant with a white powdery material on its leaves may have Powdery Mildew, especially if the plants are crowded together and air circulation is limited. A good shower may help or spraying with a mixture of 1 teaspoon of baking soda per quart of water could also. I have also used a 50/50 mix of fat free milk and water with good results.

kimmq is kimmsr

Thanks. I read a bit about that shortly after posting, I was hoping it would be something else. I did have some other plants where the leaves were turning whitish but that turned out to be spider mites.

I'll try showering it first then maybe those mixtures you suggested. For now I guess it's best to quarantine the plant and keep it away from my other plants.

many veg are hard to grow indoors ...

and especially one.. that grows a large root mass for peanuts .. in a small pot ..

you had fun with it.. throw it out.. and try a new devilish experiment ...

its simply not worth spending a lot of money on trying to cure it ... its up to you .. but i figure.. if i have to spend $10 on a cure.. or go find another seed for peanuts... why spend the ten bucks... [see what i did there.. lol]

now.. read up .. and if you find some common cures.. give them a try .. but if you lose ... so what.. live and learn ...

BTW ... part of the problem is .. the mites are sucking the life out of those leaves .. and those leaves themselves.. are never going to 'heal' .... so even even you solve the mite issue... this plant isnt going to be looking any better ..

BTW ... you better be checking ALL your plants.. and put this one in isolation [preferably in the garbage can .. lol]

ken

Yeah, I just tossed it. Got a better look in the daylight, I couldn't tell if the fuzz was from the white stuff or from the plant itself but I did spot two fine spiderwebs. Didn't seem like enough to cover a whole plant, I do remember moving it last week and it was fine otherwise damage like that would not have gone unnoticed.

One more question, do spider mites survive in the soil? This was a mix I made for this plant and I'd like to keep it for the next one.

Not in the soil. Only on the live plant.