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Why my plant could be dying? #880355
Asked August 06, 2024, 7:58 AM EDT
My daisy plant and its neighboring plant appear to be dying from the bottom up and it looks like it’s from the bottom up. The plant in between it was about to bloom and now it's buds have shriveled up also. The yard does slope towards this section of the yard so itt could be drainage but I don't think it's been raining that much recently. The plant was thriving and grew bigger this year earlier this season. I don't water the plant intentionally because we get rain and my husband has sprinklers watering the he started in the yard.
I checked online and kept finding the same possible causes from root rot to pests. Is there a greater possibility it's one cause over another? Can I still save the plant?
On the other side of the yard is another plant that looks like something is wrong. It's leaves are gone along the stem. I can't see any signs of pests because there are no part eaten leaves.
New Haven County Connecticut
Expert Response
My Montauk daisy looks like that too. Because of all the rain and humidity, it likely has a leaf disease. Not much you can do about it now. You would have had to apply a preventative fungicide earlier and usually that is not worth it as if we get a lot of rain, it washes off and needs to be reapplied. Your plant will be fine just not as attractive as when it had more leaves. If you want to see what disease it is, you can submit a sample to the UConn Plant Diagnostic Lab (https://plant.lab.uconn.edu/).
As far as the other plant goes, I am not sure but maybe it is a cherry or a willow? Leaves don't disappear - either they get diseased and fall off or something ate them - my guess would be either deer or a large caterpillar that has since pupated but without seeing the culprit, there is not a good way to determine who did it.
