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Agave not getting well need advice.

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

I originally received helpful advice -- that it was a fungus. However, I used the recommended treatment and just getting worse. Here's my question -- Do I need to cut off these disease leaves? Try again with the fungus treatment? Any other ideas?


Advice received -- This looks like anthracnose fungus, infections are increased with humid environment. So you would need to move your plant away from receiving regular overhead water, most of all while in the shade. For treatment, there are many fungicides that are available at HD or on-line for this type of fungus. The best is to alternate treatments with different kinds. I have been using an organic one that works pretty well for me that can be used as a spray and root drench. It contains bacillus amylolyquefaciens and is available under various brands if you look it up on-line. I have not tried this on large plants in ground though. You definitely want to start quickly with a spray on and around the lesions to prevent further dissemination. The curling tips of the leaves may also be from too much water but in your case it looks more like fungus.



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