Pests & diseases › Celery Leaf Miner
Celery Leaf Miner
Specific leaf miner attacking celery, celeriac and parsnip foliage.
Symptoms
- Pale brown blistered mines on leaves
- Bitter taste in heavily affected stalks
- Reduced root size on celeriac
Lifecycle
Two generations May–June and July–August.
What to do
- Pick off and bin mined leaves
- Heavy infestation: cut the plant back hard, it'll re-grow clean
If it's bad
- None available
Stop it coming back
- Insect-proof mesh from planting
- Don't grow celery family in the same bed two years running
Crops it goes for
Plan the plot, track every sowing, cook the harvest
Sowing reminders and harvest forecasts for your own frost dates, the Seed Tin, Scan Centre for any label or packet, and the Potty Mouth Garden Club. Free to start.