Help with poorly courgette leaves....

Hi all.

I had a nice evening tonight collecting my first crop, but I've got a little concerned with what's happening to some of my courgette leaves. I saw a similar post the other day but this looks different (nastier?). The courgettes seem to be coming through though. Anything to worry about you think?

Thanks buddies.

I don't think it's been too windy. I wonder if they did get damaged by some other means (2yr old boy plus friend....hmmmm)

Some of the older leaves on my courgettes have the same problem - but I'm not really worried since a lot of the other ones look healthy, the newer leaves are perfect and they're producing lots of fruit. Have you checked the for blackfly? That could be one reason - mine have been attacked quite a bit, and the leaves that had the most of them showed the same type of damage as yours do...

You might have to turn the leaf over to check the backs.  It will look as if it's covered with tea-leaves if it has blackfly on it.

I'll have a look tonight. Any organic methods of getting rid of them that you know of? or will it come down to a dose of a pest spray?