What are these spots from on some of my spinach leaves?
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4ft to light, direct
9” pot with drainage
Last watered 6 months ago
5
That unfortunately looks like
Cercospora leaf spot
It's fungal and pretty common with indoor veggies.
There is good news and bad news.
Good news first. It's safe to eat! Just wash them pinch those couple spots off and you're good. It won't hurt you! 🩷
The bad news is that it can spread to other plants. So you need to remove the infected leaves.
You can't use a fungicide because it is something you will be eating but you can control it.
It tends to breed and grow in areas with high humidity and lack of air flow.
What I recommend for indoor veggies, this is what I do when I grow veggies indoors. Is buy little 6 inch fans. I use clip on ones from Amazon and place them so they are directly facing your veggies. Veggies are VERY susceptible to fungal diseases. Try to avoid any splashing of water on the leaves. And also avoid splashing while watering because the spores will be in that soil now and if there is water splashed up from water it will spread the fungus further to the healthy growth. But good airflow is definitely the biggest benefit.
If you are really into indoor veggies and willing to grow from seed I highly recommend checking out Johnnys Selected Seeds
Here's the link
https://www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/ Vegetable Seeds & Plants - 100% Guaranteed | Johnny's Selected Seeds
They are the only company I will buy veggie or herb seeds from.
The reason why is they have a great selection of veggies that are self pollinating and also resistant to disease. Which is ideal for any veggies or fruits indoors. Because like I said with no wind and stagnant air, high humidity from humidifiers or things like that, they are extremely prone to disease otherwise.
Every seed I have bought from them has been extremely successful. And I have never had fungal issues. But like I said look for the disease resistant seeds.
Your goal at this point though is control by removal of infected leaves and increasing airflow which can prevent growth.
Cercospora leaf spot
It's fungal and pretty common with indoor veggies.
There is good news and bad news.
Good news first. It's safe to eat! Just wash them pinch those couple spots off and you're good. It won't hurt you! 🩷
The bad news is that it can spread to other plants. So you need to remove the infected leaves.
You can't use a fungicide because it is something you will be eating but you can control it.
It tends to breed and grow in areas with high humidity and lack of air flow.
What I recommend for indoor veggies, this is what I do when I grow veggies indoors. Is buy little 6 inch fans. I use clip on ones from Amazon and place them so they are directly facing your veggies. Veggies are VERY susceptible to fungal diseases. Try to avoid any splashing of water on the leaves. And also avoid splashing while watering because the spores will be in that soil now and if there is water splashed up from water it will spread the fungus further to the healthy growth. But good airflow is definitely the biggest benefit.
If you are really into indoor veggies and willing to grow from seed I highly recommend checking out Johnnys Selected Seeds
Here's the link
https://www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/ Vegetable Seeds & Plants - 100% Guaranteed | Johnny's Selected Seeds
They are the only company I will buy veggie or herb seeds from.
The reason why is they have a great selection of veggies that are self pollinating and also resistant to disease. Which is ideal for any veggies or fruits indoors. Because like I said with no wind and stagnant air, high humidity from humidifiers or things like that, they are extremely prone to disease otherwise.
Every seed I have bought from them has been extremely successful. And I have never had fungal issues. But like I said look for the disease resistant seeds.
Your goal at this point though is control by removal of infected leaves and increasing airflow which can prevent growth.
@SuperbRaspfern Do you have much success getting the vegetables to produce indoors? In the past we had a half acre vegetable garden that I can no longer cultivate. I’d love to grow a few inside! I love to watch veggies grow, and a few fresh vegetables would be great, also?
Lettuce, strawberries and green onions, radishes and asparagus were quite successful.
If you are interested I creating one inside. I suggest a heat lamp, the production was low for most. I think it just isn't warm enough indoors.
Or a root zone heating setup because many veggies require warm so to germinate and grow.
Then plenty of light south facing windows with supplemental lighting of grow lights you want 16 hours light for fruiting plants.
But yes, it is absolutely possible and doable. It's also rewarding and fun to watch them grow!
A look at my indoor strawberries, lettuce and radishes.
I highly suggest looking at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
They have a great assortment of disease resistant garden seeds. Which is what you want indoors. Without wind they are more susceptible to disease. They also have self pollinating varieties, another thing you want so that you don't have to go around with a q-tip or paintbrush to pollinate. @GrayGranny
If you are interested I creating one inside. I suggest a heat lamp, the production was low for most. I think it just isn't warm enough indoors.
Or a root zone heating setup because many veggies require warm so to germinate and grow.
Then plenty of light south facing windows with supplemental lighting of grow lights you want 16 hours light for fruiting plants.
But yes, it is absolutely possible and doable. It's also rewarding and fun to watch them grow!
A look at my indoor strawberries, lettuce and radishes.
I highly suggest looking at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
They have a great assortment of disease resistant garden seeds. Which is what you want indoors. Without wind they are more susceptible to disease. They also have self pollinating varieties, another thing you want so that you don't have to go around with a q-tip or paintbrush to pollinate. @GrayGranny
@GrayGranny YAY! I'm happy you are going to give it a go 😁🩷
