Some sort of fungus on my spinach??

[veggie boy]

I have some english spinach growing and have just started harvesting outer leaves. It tastes great – has a lovely nutty taste, but I have noticed that the inside leaves now have hundreds of white things on them that look a bit like small grains of sand. I am assuming it is some sort of fungus and seem to recall having a similar problem once before.

Can anybody fill me in on what it is and a remedy?

Thanks.

[Steve]

Not mealy bug is it?

[Andre]

Hi veggie boy .. little knowledge to share here, other than fungi likes protected, moist environments. If it is a fungus .. and chance of spreading the leaves – allowing more air/light to deter further fungi growth?

Maybe just try it with a few affected plants to see what happens…

Good luck.

[veggie boy]

Steve – definitely not mealy bug. Looks more like hundred of little white spores.

Andre – my thinning of the plants by removing the outer leaves will do this – but this is pretty widespread already so I don’t think that will sort it.

Thanks.

[marz]

Don’t know what it might be, don’t seem to get any bugs in my garden but try blasting them off with the hose or maybe spraying with soapy water. 🙂

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