Pest(s) Hunt
Over the past few days I've been starting to notice small black pests on some of my thin leaf plants, leaving white trails and black specs (eggs?). I don't have any pics because I've been spraying and quarantining the moment I find one.
I think I found the source plant (it's got 10x as many pests as the one offs I've been finding in the plants nearby) but it has orange residue as well as the white tracks? Pics of the prime suspect plant below.
Do yall think it's multiple pests and I need to keep hunting for the source? Or does this pest maybe impact different plants different ways?
#philodendron #sleuth #pestid #help
I think I found the source plant (it's got 10x as many pests as the one offs I've been finding in the plants nearby) but it has orange residue as well as the white tracks? Pics of the prime suspect plant below.
Do yall think it's multiple pests and I need to keep hunting for the source? Or does this pest maybe impact different plants different ways?
#philodendron #sleuth #pestid #help
5ft to light, direct
10β pot with drainage
Last watered 2 years ago
14
It may be scale. An extremely effective treatment is soaking cotton swabs in rubbing alcohol and individually dabbing it on each spot. It kills them instantly. However, you have to be very diligent with this methodοΏΌ and youβll have to do it again two weeks later. Itβs best not to spray the plant with alcohol because according to some experts it can potentially harm the leaves. I do know that some people on Greg do you give their plants alcohol baths with no ill effects. Perhaps theyβll leave a comment about how they do that. Check every crease and crevice and especially the bottom of leaves. I hope youβve already isolated the plants that have these brown spots. It can spread quite easily. Good luck! πππ
@TruthfulApricot do I need to give the plants some time to recover before I switch to alcohol? I don't wanna burn the leaves.
@noodles @Stall54Jo what treatments do you recommend for thrips or leafminers? I might cycle a few methods over the next few weeks to make sure.
@DapperPineapple If you're in the States, there are systemic treatments that are supposed to be effective. I'm in Canada and they aren't available here so I don't have specific suggestions, sorry. Hopefully someone else has some advice.
It looks like you can use a mixture of neem oil in water with a few drops of dish soap (not bacterial type). Shower your plants to knock off as many insects as you can with the spray. The spray with the neem/oil soap mixture. You can leave this sit. As far as waiting between treatments, I think as long as it is dry and you have not saturated the soil you should be ok. What do you think @TruthfulApricot
@Stall54Jo @DapperPineapple I agree with Joann. Make sure to let the leaves fully dry. Also, keep it out of direct sun while itβs being treated. β€οΈ Thanks for the tag, Joann.