Who wants to see an icky picture? I’ve caught evidence o...
Who wants to see an icky picture? I’ve caught evidence of flat mites on my sedum nussbaumerium! 💀🦟 Using a digital microscope that magnifies 50x-1000x from Amazon, I spotted some flat mite eggs (and some flat mites, which I wasn’t able to get good pictures of). 🥚🔬 The little red ovals are their eggs. On this plant, the eggs have exclusively been laid on nubby new growth. 🌱🪦 The yellow coating you see in the other photo is the sulfur treatment I applied with a paintbrush. 🖌️💨💦 The sulfur is Bonide sulfur fungicide mixed with a few drops of water and reportedly is quick, safe, effective, and even beneficial to plants. Some people report speedy new growth after applying the sulfur treatment 🪴🖤 #FlatMites #SedumNussbaumerium #SucculentLove #PestControl #Mites #MiteInfestation #Sulfur #Microscopic
3” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
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@Herbologybadger Once I spotted them, I couldn’t look away 😅 The microscope I got was on sale and was $13. I checked and it’s not on sale anymore, but you might be able to find other models for similar prices. I’ve also heard that flat mites are visible using a jeweler’s loupe or magnifying glass that magnifies 10x, but haven’t tried those myself.
So many of these eggs 😱
Great photos.
Great photos.