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I am asking for help here because one of my Black/Red currant has a leef problem. The older leefs, not the new ones, start to get some black spots and become dried and curled.

I have some pictures bellow.

Please take a look and tell me if there is something I can do.

Full plant in a Pot!


Leef detail


Leef detail


Leef detail

Hi Acoriola

Welcome to the forum.

I'm no fruit expert, and someone who knows more will hopefully have a full answer.

The first thing I notice is that the leaves and the whole plants look very sappy and tender. Are they inside, as appears from your helpful pictures? If so I wonder if the problem is simply scorch from recent hot sun.

First of all, thanks for the reply.

The plant is one of 3 currant plants i have, on pots, since I don't have soil where to put them - working on that atm - That plant is on the front entrance of my house. She does get lots of Sun, specially after the 14H until late in the day. But I have other currants on the same site (not exactly but close enough) and they don't show those signs, anyways, i am going to put it where there is more shade.

The other 2 are very well and don't show any of the same signs as that one.

Any help will be appreciated.

As Alan says scorch is one most likely possibility, fungal leaf spots another possibility, so try a fungicide, also check under the leaves, I read that rust can affect black currants and be a severe problem it also affects pine trees and can wipe out whole plantations of pine trees apparently. So if you think its rust burn and start new with a resistant variety,

I went and checked online images for white pine rust and its definitely not that.

Leaf spot doesn't look like it either!

It might simply be too much sun.

If someone has a different idea, I'd like to hear about it.

Thanks

It could be sun on moist leaves.