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just noticed this tonight on a slug hunt 2 of my 6 plants the biggest ones . the new leaves are yellow , wasnt really worryed to much intill i noticed the the white ( see pic of top leave . my soil ph lvl is around the 7.1 . and my feed as always is comfrey /stingers . no greenfly etc on them only the odd slug attack ><. please dont say cu mosaic virus looks more like a feed problem to me or the fact the are shouting to many veg and just putting the energy into the courette itsself . any clues ?

cheers dave

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I'm no expert Dave, but i'd just carry on feeding them, it might just be they got put out slightly too early and the weather turning as cool as it has lately has knocked them back a touch. If anything will pick them up, i'd say your nettle liquid feed would do the trick.

Just be thankful in the knowledge that yours are bigger mine.

Everybody worries about their courgette leaves Dave. I think your courgettes will be fine.

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Courgette leaves do generally have a silver pattern on them. It freaked me out the first time I saw it as well!

It's not CMV, they look a little cold and hungry pehaps. They will be fine....worry is interest paid on events that are yet to happen!

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Paul

cheers.
They dont look so bad today think it was the light i was using and the flash of the cam made them look more white .still gave um a good feed today and the suns been out ,just hope it stays sunny

i still bring mine in at night..maybe im being a bit over protective though....

Cloudy sky, leave 'em out. Clear sky, cover 'em up. I've been doing that for a few weeks now. So far everything is looking healthy. I'm trying to grow them as big as possible befor I plant out to beat the slugs!

All putting my courgette plants to shame! I think mine got a little frosted/dry as the leaves are a bit curled at the edges and some have dried right up. I keep watering them, being mindful not to drown them, and the leaves in the middle seem to be healthy enough. I think I was just a bit eager putting them outside. I too am waiting as long as possible before planting them out in their final position to give them every chance.

Yours look far better than mine dave. Tell me, being from a chipie, shouldn't you be growing gherkins?

My courgettes are only just sprouting in their pots so I'm well behind the rest of you! having seen your photo dave I know what I'm aspiring to!

HeyWayne hehe yeah i cant beleave i forgot to grow some gherkins this year
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I planted some new ones not so long ago and they are catching up ,i just planted the really early this yeah as i just moved close the the seaside so last frost here was back in jan . nice to see the sun out again today , got aload of weebing todo >< , the same leaves are still abit miscolored but all are starting to flower now with about 3" cours growing on them so guess they must be happy .

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Mine are living outside with fleece over them at night. Already have courgettes on. Last year I ran out of courgettes earlier than I wanted to as I think the plants had just fruited themselves to death, so I've just planted a couple of seeds to get late ones when the early ones are exhausted.

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Mine have yellow leaves - just one on each plant but they are also flowering and romping away - not a problem at all.

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i sowed some in late july last year and tho i obviously got less from them, they grew scarily fast..

I found two of mine from the greenhouse have been got at by those b****y slugs, they havent touched the leaves just eaten half way through the stem. I am off out to try and get some organic slug pellets or some garlic granules

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kimbo tbh if they are in the greenhouse why not just use norm slug pellets iv tryed loads of organic granules and have to say they arnt really that good . copper strips ,slugtraps with beer or yeast seems to work

I put sticky copper strips around my pots of lettuce and spinach last weekend and that seems to have done the trick - so far at least! Won't help with things in the ground or greenhouse, but give it a go on pots and tubs for sure.

I am trying my best not to use slug pellets as I want to enourage wildlife into the garden to do the job for me and unfortunately if the slugs go off to die and a bird or hedgehog eats them then they are contaminated.

I have used copper tape round some of my raised beds and it works a treat but works out quite expensive.

Have tried vaseline on some pots and this seems to work ok - have to nip out to the pound shop and stock up on vaseline I think (only problem is very messy when trying to move the pots).

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Do you smear the whole pot or just put a thick band around the middle coz the latter should work

a thick band around the middle.

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Vaseline sounds a hell of a lot cheaper than copper strips - mental note to buy a big tub!!

Just been round to a friends to see how the courgette plants are getting on that I gave him........my Gawd! !! They look way better than mine - all the leaves are a nice healthy green, they've grown loads. Mine just look like they've been left out to dry! I'm watering them daily and there is smaller growth happening near to the main stem, but still.... dried edges, yellowing of leaves, slow (if any) growth.

Looking forward to getting them in the ground now - after I've built my own little Fort Knox around their new home of course!