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Tulip leaves with white spots

Javi.xeneizeJavi.xeneize Posts: 193
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hi

the first tulip leaves are here but some of them have white spots. It doesn’t look good… any idea what is it? 

Thanks

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  • rossdriscoll13rossdriscoll13 Posts: 234
    edited March 2023
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I don't think it is tulip fire. Tulip fire is a fungal disease of tulips caused by Botrytis tulipae, which produces brown spots and twisted, withered and distorted leaves. It is so named because in severe cases plants appear as if scorched by fire.

    Do the white spots look like they have been grazed off? if so slugs. Could also be caused by water dops freezing on the leaves.

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    It does not look like Tulip fire to me.
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  • Javi.xeneizeJavi.xeneize Posts: 193
    Those are like decoloration, like the colour has been removed from the leaves 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited March 2023
    I wondered if it was caused by very cold rain drops? It isn't tulip fire.
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It looks a lot like the kind of damage that you get from hail, but if there hasn't been any, or they came up like that, it can't be.
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  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    I wondered if they have been trodden on and crushed against the gravel 
  • Javi.xeneizeJavi.xeneize Posts: 193
    There was a bit of hail last weekend but I doubt it caused it. Doesn’t look like tulip fire, when I see this decoloration in other plants is generally a lack of nutrients or similar

    the only thing that could have crushed it are cats, so that’s unlikely

    i will keep an eye and see how they evolve. Thanks
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It does look like some sort of physical damage, rather than ‘a condition’.  Look out for new growth and see whether it’s showing similar marks or whether it’s free of them. 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Not tulip fire, and we often get hail at this time of year [had some the other day]  and I've never seen that on tulip foliage.
    I think it's more likely to be insect damage of some kind. Spider mites, aphids or similar. Something sap sucking?
    When you consider that it's been mild in most places over autumn and winter, they could be overwintering/reproducing more easily. People have been reporting aphids on roses etc. already. 
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