May 2022

5/26/2022 / Last updated : 5/26/2022 chi-take2 Insect Disease

Ladybugs exterminated aphids on curry leaf plant

I have 5 plants in my verandah however one of them had so much aphids clustering around the growing points where new buds are shooting. The first picture shows how bad it was. I could use my fingers but the young buds are so fragile that I did not wish to give any damage to […]

5/6/2022 / Last updated : 5/6/2022 chi-take2 Disease

Curry leaf plant leaves are reddish

I often hear concerns about the newly shooting leaves are reddish and the plant might die, or if the reddish leaves are not the problem. This phenomena is caused by the plant generating anthocyanins to protect chloroplast in the newly shooting parts of the plant get damage from UV. You might have seen some cabbages […]