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Quick Karl
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Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2009 10:21 pm

Would anyone know what this is on my Dwarf Navel leaves and what I should do to get rid of it?

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Quick Karl
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Posted: Sat 25 Apr, 2009 2:02 am

Did I ask a stupid question?

I have looked all over the internet for an answer and I can't find anything that describes what I see in the photo...
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JoeReal
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Posted: Sat 25 Apr, 2009 3:30 am

It looks like epidermal burn to me. Something that was splattered on the leaf ate up the waxy coating. Maybe a wayward whiff of bleach spray or something that you clean the outdoor furnitures, or deet spray, or contaminated water landed on that poor leaf... I wouldn't be worried about it. I would worry if all the leaves have it.

Honest questions are never considered stupid in this forum. You're most welcome to ask them.
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Quick Karl
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Posted: Sat 25 Apr, 2009 3:46 am

Thank you, Joe.

I thought is was some kind of fungus? A few leaves have it, all on one side of the leaf strangely enough...

I haven't used any bleach or anything like that around my plants that I can recall.

I will keep my eyes on them.

Thank you again,

Karl
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Laaz
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Posted: Sat 25 Apr, 2009 11:05 am

I agree with Joe. Last year a bunch of my trees planted near the driveway had leaves that developed leaves like that. I couldn't figure out what was happening... That is until I saw my wife washing her car and the spray of water and chemicals splashing on the same leaves. Once we moved her car wash area the problem went away.

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Quick Karl
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Posted: Sat 25 Apr, 2009 1:21 pm

Well, now that I think about it...

I was spraying Wasp Killer on a nest that was inside the track of my patio door a few days ago...

I'll bet that some of that spray drifted over and settled on a few of the leaves on my little tree.

Thanks again guys -- I would be totally lost and my trees would be dead without this site and the many great people that contribute info to we amateurs.

It is time to re-pot that tree anyways.
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