Chard with discoloured leaves

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  1. Verdy

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    I've grown chard for some years - the plants look vigorous and until this summer, have looked very healthy. However, some leaves have been looking burnt at the edges. I wondered if I'd inadvertently used too much fertilizer / compost and it's a kind of scorching. Or is it a disease of some kind. My soil is very well-draining. Any thoughts would be most welcome.
     
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    I'd say slug/snail damage.
    There's not much for them to eat at this time of year, so they're desperate.
     
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    Hi, that looks like leaf miner damage. I would remove the infected leaves but don't compost them.
     
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      Often with leaf miner you can see the insect in the tunnels, I just give the leaf a squeeze .
      It looks fairly advanced so the actual insect could well be gone now.
       
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        As above, remove damaged leaves, the plants should survive and will continue to grow through the milder parts of winter. Its a good thing to remove scorched and split outer leaves in Jan/Feb to get a burst of new growth into Spring. I have in previous years past , taken a swap hook to them to have this effect. It also reduces habitat for slugs ....
         
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