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Gardening

grasswire

(50,130 posts) Tue Sep 4, 2012, 04:27 PM Sep 2012

what is eating holes in my petunia blossoms? [View all]

Just started last week in my hanging petunias. Round holes in the blossoms. I pick them off every day, as well as the dead blossoms.

And why do petunias get that sort of dusty powder this time of year?

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what is eating holes in my petunia blossoms? [View all] grasswire Sep 2012 OP

oh boy mildew and predators mitchtv Sep 2012 #1

There are so many insects that eat holes in leaves/flowers Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #2

thanks for your input grasswire Sep 2012 #3

I think powdery mildew is everywhere. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #4