I have teeny tiny little black bugs on the bottom side of...
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᥆һ! і𝗍 s᥆ᥙᥒძs ᥣіkᥱ ᥡ᥆ᥙ һᥲ᥎ᥱ s⍴іძᥱr mі𝗍ᥱs... ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥴᥲᥒ ⍴ᥙ𝗍 ᥡ᥆ᥙr ⍴ᥣᥲᥒ𝗍 іᥒ 𝗍һᥱ sһ᥆ᥕᥱr ᥲᥒძ gᥱᥒ𝗍ᥣᥡ rіᥒsᥱ і𝗍 ᥆𝖿𝖿 ᥕі𝗍һ 𝗍һᥱ ᥕᥲ𝗍ᥱr, ᑲᥙ𝗍 і𝗍'ᥣᥣ ᑲᥱ g᥆᥆ძ 𝗍᥆ ᥙsᥱ s᥆mᥱ ᥒᥱᥱm ᥆іᥣ ᥲᥣs᥆ ᥆ᥒ ᑲ᥆𝗍һ sіძᥱs ᥆𝖿 𝗍һᥱ ᥣᥱᥲ᥎ᥱs, ᥣᥱᥲ᥎ᥱ і𝗍 ᥆ᥒ 𝖿᥆r ᥲᑲ᥆ᥙ𝗍 20 mіᥒᥙ𝗍ᥱs rіᥒsᥱ᥎𝗍һᥱ ᥕһ᥆ᥣᥱ ⍴ᥣᥲᥒ𝗍. ᥲᥒძ ძ᥆ 𝗍һᥲ𝗍 ᥱ᥎ᥱrᥡ ᥕᥱᥱk 𝖿᥆r ᥲᑲ᥆ᥙ𝗍 ᥲ m᥆ᥒ𝗍һ 𝗍᥆ mᥲkᥱ sᥙrᥱ ᥲᥣᥣ ᥆𝖿 𝗍һᥱm ᥲrᥱ g᥆ᥒᥱ! ᥲᥒძ ᥴһᥱᥴk ᥡ᥆ᥙr ᥆𝗍һᥱr ⍴ᥣᥲᥒ𝗍s! 𝗍һᥱᥡ ᥴᥲᥒ s⍴rᥱᥲძ!! һ᥆⍴ᥱ 𝗍һіs ᥲᥣᥣ mᥲkᥱs sіᥒᥴᥱ! ᥲᥒძ ᥕᥱᥣᥴ᥆mᥱ 𝗍᥆ 𝗍һᥱ #GregGang 🪴🏜🌻🌵 ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥴᥲᥒ g᥆᥆gᥣᥱ s⍴іძᥱr mі𝗍ᥱs ᥲᥒძ ᥣᥱᥲrᥒ ᥲᑲ᥆ᥙ𝗍 𝗍һᥱm m᥆rᥱ
@ZingyBullmallow і𝖿 ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥙsᥱ sᥲᥣ𝗍 і𝗍 mᥲᥡ ძrᥡ ᥆ᥙ𝗍 𝗍һᥱ ᥣᥱᥲ᥎ᥱs ᥲᥒძ r᥆᥆𝗍s. ᥲᥒძ і𝖿 ᥡ᥆ᥙ ȷᥙs𝗍 s⍴rᥲᥡ 𝗍һᥱ іᥒ𝖿ᥱᥴ𝗍ᥱძ ⍴ᥣᥲᥒ𝗍, 𝗍һᥱ mі𝗍ᥱs ᥕіᥣᥣ ᑲᥱ s⍴rᥲᥡᥱძ ᥲᥣᥣ ᥆᥎ᥱr. і𝗍's ᑲᥱs𝗍 𝗍᥆ ᥴ᥆ᥒ𝗍ᥲіᥒ 𝗍һᥱ ⍴ᥣᥲᥒ𝗍.
@FitTearose12
Your Taro plant (Colocasia/Alocasia) is infested with spider mites, indicated by the webs and yellowing/browning leaves. These pests thrive in dry conditions and feed on plant sap, damaging the leaves. To save it, immediately isolate the plant, blast it with water, and treat with insecticidal soap or neem oil. Steps to Save Your Taro Plant:
Isolate and Prune: Immediately move the infested plant away from others. Trim off heavily damaged leaves, as they likely will not recover. Physical Removal: Take the plant to a shower or sink and thoroughly wash the entire plant, focusing specifically on the undersides of the leaves, where the mites hide.
Apply Treatments:
Neem Oil/Insecticidal Soap: Spray the leaves thoroughly with neem oil or insecticidal soap.
DIY Spray: Mix 1 quart of water with a little dish soap and a half-teaspoon of rubbing alcohol, or a mix of water, dish soap, and neem oil.
Application: Apply the treatment every 3-5 days for several weeks to kill emerging generations.
Increase Humidity: Spider mites dislike moisture. Regularly mist the plant and increase the humidity in the room to make the environment inhospitable for them.
Clean the Area: Wipe down the area around the plant with water and soap or hydrogen peroxide to remove any remaining mites.
Keep monitoring the plant closely for at least 3-4 weeks to ensure the infestation is completely gone. Good Luck
Your Taro plant (Colocasia/Alocasia) is infested with spider mites, indicated by the webs and yellowing/browning leaves. These pests thrive in dry conditions and feed on plant sap, damaging the leaves. To save it, immediately isolate the plant, blast it with water, and treat with insecticidal soap or neem oil. Steps to Save Your Taro Plant:
Isolate and Prune: Immediately move the infested plant away from others. Trim off heavily damaged leaves, as they likely will not recover. Physical Removal: Take the plant to a shower or sink and thoroughly wash the entire plant, focusing specifically on the undersides of the leaves, where the mites hide.
Apply Treatments:
Neem Oil/Insecticidal Soap: Spray the leaves thoroughly with neem oil or insecticidal soap.
DIY Spray: Mix 1 quart of water with a little dish soap and a half-teaspoon of rubbing alcohol, or a mix of water, dish soap, and neem oil.
Application: Apply the treatment every 3-5 days for several weeks to kill emerging generations.
Increase Humidity: Spider mites dislike moisture. Regularly mist the plant and increase the humidity in the room to make the environment inhospitable for them.
Clean the Area: Wipe down the area around the plant with water and soap or hydrogen peroxide to remove any remaining mites.
Keep monitoring the plant closely for at least 3-4 weeks to ensure the infestation is completely gone. Good Luck
