Showing posts with label leaf miners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leaf miners. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Spots on My Chard: Not Sure I Like the Answer Why

Yesterday my chard looked like this, beautiful:

Swiss chard

And now my chard looks like this, covered in brown spots, seemingly overnight ...

Swiss chard, leafminer damage

A quick search has uncovered the reason may be due to leaf miners. Which are disgusting. They are small grey flies, and they are "truly one of the grossest" garden pests, according to one writer. They literally lay eggs, which hatch, and the maggots burrow between the leaves of the plant.

Yes. Gross.