What's up with my Great Expectations?

5 years ago

What could be causing these spots on my Great Expectations?

I purchased the plant locally a few weeks ago and it seemed healthy at the time. We've had plenty of rain for the past few weeks, and the pot should have adequate drainage. We've been experiencing typical Alabama heat and humidity too.

The plant receives some morning sun, and dappled shade for the rest of the day.

I noticed similar pinpoint spots on my Fire and Ice as well.

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djacob Z6a SE WI

5 years ago

I am no help…….my GE never came back the following spring. Though, I admit some hostas are getting leaf burn from the short late after noon sun they get. But Milwaukee is in a severe drought.

debra

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bkay2000
5 years ago
I don't have a clue. My first guess would be anthracnose, but I'm not that good at these things. There is a Facebook hosta disease page that is hosted by Carol Brashear. I joined Facebook a few years ago just to access the page. I still don't do Facebook as a regular occurence, but I can if I need to.

bkay
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
5 years ago
lack of water some time back.. and sun burn.. perhaps all before you got it ...

what happens to the leaf.. after the injury... doesnt really matter to me ..

how big is the nursery pot and how big is the plant relative to each other ...

white tissue can always get wonky in the heat of summer .. something caused the cell walls to burst ... and then it turns brown ...

not quite sure if you repotted it when you brought it home???

ken
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Ben D (zone 7b)
Original Author
5 years ago
Ken, I potted it up to a pot just a few inches larger.

Bkay, I'm familiar with that Facebook group; I'll post there too.
MadPlanter1 zone 5
5 years ago
My first guess would be anthracnose. Hot humid weather is great for fungal disease. Good luck finding a cure for whatever it is.
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bkay2000
5 years ago
Great Expectations is notoriously difficult to grow. It's been my observation that most successful ones are grown in Zone 5. Over the years, there has been endless speculation here about the growing conditions that best suit that plant. It is REALLY pretty, so people keep trying. So, don't beat yourself up if it doesn't do well. Although someone posted a photo of a pretty one in Mississippi (I think) a few years ago. Wherever it was, it was zone 7 or 8 in the south. So, it's not impossible.

Good luck wit it.

bkay
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Ben D (zone 7b)
Original Author
5 years ago
Bkay, I know it's difficult, but I'm counting on you experts here to help me be successful. :)
bkay2000
5 years ago
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Hey, I'm in Texas, zone 8a or 7b. I'm certainly no expert. I have some battle scars from attempting to grow hosta in my area, though. Wanting to grow hosta was a total accident. I made a raised shade bed on one side of my city lot. My neighbor kept giving my dogs treats and they totally wrecked the bed. In my ignorance, I had planted some Sam's club hosta in that bed. When I gave up on keeping that bed, I stuck the hosta in posts, hoping to replant them elsewhere. I kept pots of annuals at the time, so I had to water all the pots frequently. The hosta thrived and soon I was hooked. Before my encounter with rhizoctonia root rot, I had somewhere around 100 pots.

bkay