Yellow leaves - too much water or disease?

Fiishergurl · June 7, 2014

Not sure if this Sun Sugar has a disease or if it's too much water. My other plants all look great but this one is in a slightly different pot. We were gone for a week and our neighbors watered the plants. Most are in SWC's and can't be watered too much, but this one is in a modified SWC. Also we forgot to tell our neighbor not to spray the whole plant.

I did cut back on the water and I cut off all the bad leaves, and then yesterday was such a hot day it was wilting so I watered it and this morning a bunch of yellow leaves. Not sure if the timing was coincidence.

Any opinions would be great.

kath · June 8, 2014

Not sure what the problem is but don't think it's a disease. Overwatering usually produces dark coloring along the edges of the yellowing leaves, but if a neighbor was watering for a week, that's probably what happened.

Fiishergurl · June 11, 2014

Hi Kath,

It was over watering. Cut the yellow leaves off, and haven't gotten anymore on there since we let it dry out some.

Thanks,
Ginny

Brandon558 · June 11, 2014

My cukes have some leafs down near the bottom of the vines that are yellow as well....i figured it was from not enough water. Is this probably the same problem with them......getting too much water?

Thanks

June 7, 2014	#1
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	Yellow leaves - too much water or disease? Not sure if this Sun Sugar has a disease or if it's too much water. My other plants all look great but this one is in a slightly different pot. We were gone for a week and our neighbors watered the plants. Most are in SWC's and can't be watered too much, but this one is in a modified SWC. Also we forgot to tell our neighbor not to spray the whole plant. I did cut back on the water and I cut off all the bad leaves, and then yesterday was such a hot day it was wilting so I watered it and this morning a bunch of yellow leaves. Not sure if the timing was coincidence. Any opinions would be great.

June 8, 2014	#2
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Not sure what the problem is but don't think it's a disease. Overwatering usually produces dark coloring along the edges of the yellowing leaves, but if a neighbor was watering for a week, that's probably what happened.

June 11, 2014	#3
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	Hi Kath, It was over watering. Cut the yellow leaves off, and haven't gotten anymore on there since we let it dry out some. Thanks, Ginny

June 11, 2014	#4
Brandon558 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hampstead,NC Posts: 64	My cukes have some leafs down near the bottom of the vines that are yellow as well....i figured it was from not enough water. Is this probably the same problem with them......getting too much water? Thanks