Dahlia's leaves are drying up and withering!

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SmellyLeaf Logan, UT Apr 07, 2009

I have a bunch of Dahlias that i'm starting inside because there is still intermittent snow showers here in utah
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/DrinkPoopCola/Plants069.jpg

And the leaves are starting to wither on the ends, should I be worried? I think it kind of looks like nutrient burn but I'm not 100% sure. help?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/DrinkPoopCola/Plants070.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/DrinkPoopCola/Plants071.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/DrinkPoopCola/Plants072.jpg

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dipsydoodle Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Apr 08, 2009

Could it be green fly damage? I've just had them on some of my plants and they did similar damage? (the plants were indoor plants)

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SmellyLeaf Logan, UT Apr 08, 2009

hmmmm..it's possible, it's weird though that it's only on the very tips of the leaves. I'll have to get some insecticide or something but I don't want it to hurt my plants :( I guess that's what they're made for though is to keep plants alive and kills bugs.

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dipsydoodle Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Apr 09, 2009

The greenfly only affected the ends of my plants too - but I think that was because I caught it early. Normally I try and dispose of them semi-nicely but when they are ruining my stuff I don't care and I'll spray them with stuff from the garden centre :)

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SmellyLeaf Logan, UT Apr 09, 2009

The weird thing is I haven't even seen any bugs around! I have to run some errands though anyways so i'll go pick some up and hopefully get rid of this. Thanks!

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dipsydoodle Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Apr 14, 2009

I haven't seen the greenfly flying around the plants; you could only see them if you looked under the leaves and on the stem.

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