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tiny black spots on croton underleaf, not scale.

9 years ago

not bumpy, so not black scale. i know black scale from broms. this stuff easily washes off with soap leaving inky color on the napkin. Looks like some kind of mold, soot?perhaps? sorry, no pics! why oh why? i just washed it all off! sigh.

it's on 2 cuttings that i have been rooting (and they did root), so i finally put them on a heating mat tented to get bigger roots and xfer to the mix finally. They are in perlite for now. and this showed up again. It was present on the plant when i took the cutting. i think it must be smth pretty common. I don't want to put them into the mix - perlite is easier to keep clean and change, if necessary.

i'll spray with fungicide, of course. But just want to know how persistent this is. Obviously, quite persistent, if it showed up in the tented moist warm bag after 3 months ;)...

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