Strawberry leaf spot
Small deep purple spots appear on the leaves, their centers turn gray to white, and many spots merge and kill the leaf.
Crops it strikes
What you see
When to act
In the wet months check the young leaves every week for small purple spots that turn pale grey in the middle. Start sprays when spots show on many plants, before they join and dry the leaves.
What to spray
- Fluopyram plus trifloxystrobinFRAC 7 plus 11ShopeeLazada
- BenomylFRAC 1ShopeeLazada
- Thiophanate methylFRAC 1ShopeeLazada
- Bacillus amyloliquefaciensFRAC BM02ShopeeLazada
Active ingredients only, never brands. The FRAC group tells how it works: switch to a different group next time, so the disease does not learn to survive it. Spray only when the damage is worth the cost, and only with products registered with the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority for your crop. Follow the label. The Shopee and Lazada links only show who sells something with that active ingredient, not a recommendation of any seller or product.
How to prevent it
- Plant clean, healthy runners from a trusted nursery, and grow a tolerant variety where one suits your farm.
- Cut off and remove old spotted leaves after the main harvest, so new leaves grow clean.
- Mulch the beds and water by drip or at the base, so rain and water do not splash spores up.
- Space the plants and do not overfeed with nitrogen.
- Move beds to new ground every two or three years.
Where this comes from
Not sure it is this one?
Many diseases look alike. Send a photo to Anee, the smart farm technician in anee.io. She reads it with your crop, its age and the weather, and tells you what it most likely is and what to do first. In Tagalog or English.