Recent content by phlip

Super special bonus thanks to @Dgallo. Learn something new every day, on a good day at least. Turns out those dust particles on my hops, when I looked at them closely, they're moving!!! Definitely some sort of thrips, dark ones. Hard to get a good picture because they're so small. Sprayed them...

roger. Will try this starting today. Read up on thrips a bit and I think this is my lead suspect at this point.

It runs like 50-100% humidity through the summer, lots of days 90-100%. And it's like the bug capital of the world here, so I think @Dgallo is onto something with the thrips. Mold or mildew problems in this climate wouldn't be a surprise though. Thanks.

That does resemble more what I'm seeing. I'll read up on thrip and find what I need to do to treat it. Other than caterpillars, I haven't seen many bugs. But maybe I'm missing the smaller ones. Will get a thorough inspection later today.

Is it powdery? If you mean does it have a powder-like substance on the surface of the leaf, then no. There doesn't appear to be anything on the surface of the leaf. The discoloration is coming from within the leaf, it's not something on the surface. It's like the leaves are turning into albino...

Central Florida, so yes, hot, humid, lots of rain. I will treat for this, just to be sure. But I've looked at dozens of pictures of powdery mildew and they all show it as spotted, which mine don't resemble. Typical examples here... But I will try treating for this anyway. Thank you.

Much thanks everyone. I owe drinking 5 beers as show of gratitude. Oh, and thanks for the advice too. I'll take a look more closely at each of the suggestions, try to zero in on the problem.

I've read everything I can find on the interweb trying to identify what's attacking my hops. But mine don't look quite like any of the pictures I can find. There's a discoloration on the leaves, but I wouldn't describe it as yellow or brown. It's more like white, not bright white, but a a dull...

While I've read through the vast majority of this thread with great interest, as I'm getting ready to implement this passive tower cooling solution, forgive me if this has already been brought up, but just came to mind. While the copper tube conductive conduit wrapping the beer lines into the...