Backyard Aquaponics
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Something is killing my plants, can you look at the photos and help.

What can I use to deal with this problem?





I HOPE THIS PHOTO SHOWS UP THIS TIME.

Leaf miner... Never known it to be a huge problem, and not really sure about treatment in an AP system, I'd remove affected leaves and destroy them..

That would be about 80% of the plant.

The leaf miner doesn't generally kill the plant though. It may not look as nice.. Personally I would remove perhaps the few worst leaves, and just leave the rest..

What plants are they into?

I will give that a try.

yeah...dont stress over leaf miners, cosmetic damage only and you would need a systemic spray to kill 'em as the name suggests, they're inside the leaf.

You can also squish the miner in the leaf and kill it. Leaves the leaf on the plant. I have done this with young citrus and eucalyptus and worked ok - you just need to check back etc...

Gotta say Bushy, I do love your new avatar....

Yeah, bomb some sense into them

I appreciate it.

What a coincidence, in my native Malay they are also called 'leaf miner'. Though I don't like the way they turn my leaves into a painting canvas, the patterns they leave are quite interesting. Good thing they don't kill my plants like the aphids do...