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Sunflower with black veins

zagmund · 2014-06-25 07:57:19

I went out to check the garden this morning and found that a couple of the sunflowers had developed black veins as per the photo. The leaf pictured is about the full length of my hand. Out of maybe 12-15 plants in a couple of beds, this impacted 3 plants in different locations. The plants are otherwise healthy and are…

25-06-2014 7:57am

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zagmund

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I went out to check the garden this morning and found that a couple of the sunflowers had developed black veins as per the photo. The leaf pictured is about the full length of my hand. Out of maybe 12-15 plants in a couple of beds, this impacted 3 plants in different locations.

The plants are otherwise healthy and are about 5' high. The flowers haven't developed yet, but they look like they are about to shortly.

Does anyone know what this is and whether it's a risk that needs to be addressed?

z

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#2 25-06-2014 8:20am

magicbastarder

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looks like a leaf miner maybe?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf_miner

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