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My Lettuce Plants Are Wilting and Dying! Urgent! Help!

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    The roots look healthy enough. I wonder if it's cutworms?  I think they tend to go for the stems. Don't know if they are a pest in Florida @hugatree1357 ?
  • hugatree1357hugatree1357 Posts: 5
    edited February 2019
    AnniD said:
    The roots look healthy enough. I wonder if it's cutworms?  I think they tend to go for the stems. Don't know if they are a pest in Florida @hugatree1357 ?
     They are pests in Florida, and I looked it up and there is one variety that lives all year in Florida. That could be a possibility, so I’m going to treat the last lettuce plants and then plant some more lettuce tomorrow. Thank you! :smiley:
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It looks like pest damage in your photos right enough, hugatree, so if cutworm's a likely culprit, be vigilant with future plants.  :)
    Good luck with the next lot!
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Glad your mystery is solved hugatree.
    Best of luck with your second sowing 👍.
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