Holes in my leaves

I can ! What plant is it?

 

yes

 

Sorry, folks, I have to admit to stupidity ... for some reason I had deleted the picture from Photobucket, so here goes again, just in case it doesn't appear again further up ...

 

Ive got two sets of pictures now,i could see your first one no problem

 

Sorry, about all this, folks ... it's a Brugmansia ... or what's left of one! :D

 

Yup - they're both there now!! :D
Still don't know the answer to your problem, tho! It's Rich who's really into Brugs and Daturas, isn't it? PM him! Or wait until Pete and Strongy come along....

 

I see your pic no probs LoL. Maybe just photobucket acting up.

No idea what's caused that mess though!

 

Thanks Dendro and Frogesque. I think Rich had a lot of problem with red spider mite but I can't find any evidence of that (have never even seen that here), or snails (which invade plants in the daytime here) or caterpillars. Had a lot of whitefly but don't think they could cause that much damage.

 

It looks a bit like RSM to me, although they would not be resposable for the holes.
Do the leaves form with the holes already there?
There a few pests that lurk in the growing point only, and damage the leaves when they are just forming, it then appears that the leaf grows with the holes already there, and as the leaf gets bigger so do the holes.
But somehow I think yours is just catterpillars or maybe slugs or snails. Have a look after dark with a torch.

 

Thanks, Pete. The leaves form beautifully and this happens when they are developed.

I have not seen red spiders here (know it from Bucks though). I have seen one caterpillar this year (on my short-lived Brussels sprouts), I can't say I've ever seen a slug and our snails (this sounds weird) are daytime creatures, quite tiny, that cling to most plants in the garden ... today had to remove one the size of a petit pois pea (if not smaller) from the tip of one of the BoPs about to flower (four, I might add). However, I shall take the torch (and maybe even magnifying glass) out in a bit and examine.

The strange thing is the pink one "next door" is unaffected, barring a teeny, weeny hole here and there, which I guess is to be expected.

They are both potted in identical pots and identical compost. They were bought from different suppliers, the white one two years ago and the pink one last year, but they have been potted on since and this problem is only this year.

But, as mentioned above, I will brave the 21o temp and venture out on an exploratory expedition!

Results will follow ....

 

Earwigs? do you get them?
Its 24c here :D At the moment.

 

I have had swarms of earwigs this year, does anyone know what is their predator,so I can encourage it?

 

A flower pot stuffed with straw upside down on a cane. :D

 

As Pete says - trap them. But earwigs are now more regarded as garden friends than foes. Sure, they might nibble the odd flower, but they more than pay their way by eating vast numbers of aphids and harmful caterpillars - especially those of the codling moth

 

I've certainly not got earwigs if they eat aphids!

Saw a frightening movie donkey's years ago about an earwig crawling into someone's ear and muching it's way from side to side! :eek: :eek:

At 26 for our highs, you'll soon be hotter than us, Pete! :D