Even though you might keep your houseplants or garden well tended, pests can seemingly appear out of nowhere. What’s up with that? This is why it’s important to know what’s attacking your plants with proper i.d. & then spring into action.
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A video on aphids & mealy bugs & their control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiDsQ...
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Both spider mites & whiteflies are soft-bodied, sucking insects. They slowly suck the sap out of a plant which over time weakens it, stunts the growth & deforms the flower. You can liken sap in plants to blood in animals. The sap contains sugar which these pests love, as do ants who in turn flock to an infested plant.
Spider mites are hard to identify until the damage is already done, because they’re so tiny. They’re difficult to see without a magnifying glass but can be red, greenish or light brown. If you think your plant is infested with them, just put a piece of light colored paper under the leaf & tap, tap, tap. When little specks fall onto the paper, then you can i.d. them.
Spider mites are actually related to spiders. They generally hang out on the undersides of the leaves. If you see the leaves yellowing, mottling, specking & eventually turning brown, then the infestation is getting bad. The leaves will fall off & webbing (usually at the top where the new growth is) will appear when things are getting really bad. When it reaches this stage, it’s hard to bring the plant back to health.
Whiteflies on the other hand, are very easy to spot & i.d. They’re small (but big enough to see), white & fly off when you touch a plant. It’s actually the adults that fly & that’s what makes them hard to control. At juvenile stage they just hang out on the under sides of the leaves.
When the infestation worsens, you’ll see white cottony threading appear on the undersides & edges of the leaves. There was a row of hibiscus trees along the sidewalk in Santa Barbara which looked like they were coated with snow in August. They were stressed from lack of water & would always get a bad infestation of whiteflies. The leaves looked like they were edged with white cotton candy!
Hopefully, your plants never get spider mites or whiteflies, but if they do, now you can identify them and take action.
Be sure to check the post about whiteflies & spider mites for more info & pictures: https://www.joyusgarden.com/plant-pes...
A video on aphids & mealy bugs & their control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiDsQ...
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