What causes loofah flower rot?
What causes loofah flower rot? Here are the reasons. Loofah flower rot is caused by the following factors: bacteria. Bacterial diseases can cause loofah flower rot. Loofah flower rot caused by bacterial diseases has a foul odor and appears as soft rot, and can be controlled by mixing DT at 500 times with streptomycin at 3000 times. Nutrient deficiency. Loofah nutrient deficiency can...
What causes loofah flower rot? Here are the reasons
Loofah flower rot is caused by the following factors:
Bacteria. Bacterial diseases can cause loofah flower rot. Loofah flower rot caused by bacterial diseases has a foul odor and appears as soft rot, and can be controlled by mixing DT at 500 times with streptomycin at 3000 times.
Nutrient deficiency. Loofah nutrient deficiency can cause flower rot. For example, a blackened style is mostly caused by boron deficiency. When growing loofah, this can be solved by spraying 1500 times Sulubor on the leaves before the loofah flowers bloom.
Fungi. Fungal diseases cause loofah flower rot. Black mold growing on the flowers is mostly caused by sooty mold, which can be controlled by spraying thiophanate-methyl at 500 times. At the same time, because loofah flowers are yellow, pests with yellow taxis such as whiteflies are prone to gathering on the flowers, causing their secretions to stick to the petals, and these secretions can also easily lead to blackened petals due to infection by miscellaneous bacteria. Therefore, attention should also be paid to using pesticides such as imidacloprid and acetamiprid to kill the pests, so as to prevent black mold from appearing on the petals.
Molds. They can cause loofah flower rot. If white fuzz grows on the flowers, it is mostly caused by cottony leak, and it is recommended to use Amistar at 1500 times or Previcur at 600 times for spray control.
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