I noticed black specks on my herbs last summer (2017). Also, however, the same black specks were on the green plastic planters the hers were in. I spit on my finger and rubbed the specks with my finger and was able to wipe them off. I looked around and saw the specks were also on my wooden gate and bird bath. When I brought basil leaves in to eat I was able to rinse the specks off. My thought is they were from something the planes spray into the atmosphere and falls to earth. My apple tree was heavy with apples and in either late August or early September it started dying.. branches just dried up and died. I had apples on some branches just shrivled up. Usually see that little buds after the leaves fall off that get bigger and bust open into leaves in the spring . . . but I don't see any little buds or bumps this spring.
My zucinni squash was doing great. I had one squash left that I thought I'd give another couple days before harvesting but I came out and all the leaves looked as if they had been dusted with white stuff and the squash was slightly shrivled.. then was ykky looking a couple or few days later.
I noticed black specks on my herbs last summer (2017). Also, however, the same black specks were on the green plastic planters the hers were in. I spit on my finger and rubbed the specks with my finger and was able to wipe them off. I looked around and saw the specks were also on my wooden gate and bird bath. When I brought basil leaves in to eat I was able to rinse the specks off. My thought is they were from something the planes spray into the atmosphere and falls to earth. My apple tree was heavy with apples and in either late August or early September it started dying.. branches just dried up and died. I had apples on some branches just shrivled up. Usually see that little buds after the leaves fall off that get bigger and bust open into leaves in the spring . . . but I don't see any little buds or bumps this spring.
My zucinni squash was doing great. I had one squash left that I thought I'd give another couple days before harvesting but I came out and all the leaves looked as if they had been dusted with white stuff and the squash was slightly shrivled.. then was ykky looking a couple or few days later.