Help this newbie please (with pics)

This is an Auto Durban poisen in FFOS in pots in the outdoors. Currently watering once a week due to lots of rainfall. Using general organics nutes, 1/4 of what's recommended. Does this look like it's being eaten? Could it possibly be from the neem/soap mix I've been spraying at night? Any input is appreciated. Thanks!

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That looks like insect damage to me. The small perfect circles, are feeding spots. If it was pesticide burns, it would not show up as those individual spots. Check out this article, it may not be whiteflies specifically but the detection and prevention measures should help you out all the same.

https://ucanr.edu/sites/VCMG/Controlling_Whiteflies_in_Your_Garden/

Itsacelebration said:

This is an Auto Durban poisen in FFOS in pots in the outdoors. Currently watering once a week due to lots of rainfall. Using general organics nutes, 1/4 of what's recommended. Does this look like it's being eaten? Could it possibly be from the neem/soap mix I've been spraying at night? Any input is appreciated. Thanks!View attachment 4357127 View attachment 4357128 View attachment 4357127 View attachment 4357128

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It could be leaf spot.

This is from.
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/extension-gardener-handbook/18-plants-grown-in-containers

Fungal leaf spots first appear as small yellow spots. The spots enlarge, and the center turns light-tan to dark-brown (Figure 18-36). The diseased areas may run together. Sometimes, fungal, threadlike strands may appear in the affected area. Avoid wetting or misting the foliage. Isolate the plant, and remove the diseased leaves with a pair of scissors. Clean the blades between each cut by dipping them into a freshly made solution of a non-bleach household disinfectant product and then wiping off any excess with a clean cloth. This avoids spreading the disease.

If you zoom in on the section I have circled it looks like some type of hairs or as stated above possibly fungal thread like strands.



If it is leaf spot it also says to avoid misting.

Wait for other opinions.
Good Luck!

I agree that it may very well be either a insect issue, or a fungal issue.

The beginning of leaf septoria. A fungus.

Thank you all for the reply's. I'm clipping all the affected leaves and separating the plants and keeping an eye on them. I'm just wondering why this started after starting spraying with neem. Possibly a coincidence I suppose.

Do you have higher humidity in the climate you live in? Or have you possibly used tools/scissors that could've been contaminated from another plant? Is always possible that misting with the Neem Oil frequently combined with higher humidity just created a good environment for the leaf septoria.

Logan Burke said:

Do you have higher humidity in the climate you live in? Or have you possibly used tools/scissors that could've been contaminated from another plant? Is always possible that misting with the Neem Oil frequently combined with higher humidity just created a good environment for the leaf septoria.

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It has been higher humidity here in michigan with quite a bit of rain as of late. The area I grow in has consistent wind though. I have not done any pruning, just some LST. The only thing I've changed before noticing these spots was spraying with neem in the evening every 3 days.

My whitefly damage did not look anything like that, for what it's worth.