I check my flowers every morning and every evening. It rained this morning and this evening I noticed what I thought at first was powdery mildew on one of my dahlias. Looking closer it looks like some kind of chemical was intentionally dumped on my flowers ?
How to I help these flowers recover also what on earth was dumped on these flowers ?
by makeplanefly
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Without a sample theres no way to know.
Looks vaguely like watered down paint, maybe someone sprayed off a paint brush nearby.
Also could be DE that got wet.
I’d doubt anything beyond that since I don’t see any immediate damage
I’ll also note I live on 2 acres not near anyone.
Could this be bird poop? I once came outside to my car covered in the same amount of bird poo as pictured on the dahlias. I don’t know if I angered a flock or someone got sick… but it was an incredible amount.
Do you have large birds around like seagulls, cormorants, geese or ducks around?
Do you hear owls at night? Usually I see this under owl nests where I live.