Dark, Blotchy, Black/Brown Spots have Appeared on my Goep...
So, I've had this Goeppertia ornata 'Beauty Star' and Goeppertia roseopicta 'Medallion' for several months now, and they were doing alright, but then a couple of my plants got spidermites, and they were among them.
(The spidermites aren't the issue, but I figured I'd mention them just in case)
I went through some steps to address them, like separating the infected plants from unaffected ones and spraying them down with a neem oil based pesticide, but I've never dealt with spidermites before, and I was slow to do any follow up.
After about a month they started showing signs of resurgence, so I sprayed and wiped them down with a diluted vinegar solution I'd been using to generally clean my plant's leaves.
Then since it was july, it's usually uncomfortably warm where I live through till about early september, and I'd been having a hard time finding an indoor spot that I felt comfortable quarantining them in, I decided to see how well they would do if I kept them in an outdoor environment.
Admittedly, I put some of them in a spot where they might have gotten a bit too much sun, but I hoped that the evening to afternoon shade they got would help offset that.
Then it suddenly got uncharacteristically cool and rainy for July, and they all got poured on.
Then I noticed some dark blotchy, black/brown spots had appeared on the leaves of my Goeppertias.
In summary, they:
Had spidermites,
Were sprayed with a neem oil based pesticide,
Had a researgence about a month later,
Were sprayed and wiped down with a diluted vinegar solution,
Were outside for a couple days
Might have gotten too much direct sunlight,
Might have been subjected to unexpectedly low temperatures,
Were rained on,
And now have dark, splotchy, black/brown spots all over their leaves.
A Reddit post I found with a similar issue had this link suggested in the replies: https://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/Foliage/Resrpts/rh_93_11.htm
Does anyone know more about this, have suggestions for something else it could be, and/or have treatment advice?
(The spidermites aren't the issue, but I figured I'd mention them just in case)
I went through some steps to address them, like separating the infected plants from unaffected ones and spraying them down with a neem oil based pesticide, but I've never dealt with spidermites before, and I was slow to do any follow up.
After about a month they started showing signs of resurgence, so I sprayed and wiped them down with a diluted vinegar solution I'd been using to generally clean my plant's leaves.
Then since it was july, it's usually uncomfortably warm where I live through till about early september, and I'd been having a hard time finding an indoor spot that I felt comfortable quarantining them in, I decided to see how well they would do if I kept them in an outdoor environment.
Admittedly, I put some of them in a spot where they might have gotten a bit too much sun, but I hoped that the evening to afternoon shade they got would help offset that.
Then it suddenly got uncharacteristically cool and rainy for July, and they all got poured on.
Then I noticed some dark blotchy, black/brown spots had appeared on the leaves of my Goeppertias.
In summary, they:
Had spidermites,
Were sprayed with a neem oil based pesticide,
Had a researgence about a month later,
Were sprayed and wiped down with a diluted vinegar solution,
Were outside for a couple days
Might have gotten too much direct sunlight,
Might have been subjected to unexpectedly low temperatures,
Were rained on,
And now have dark, splotchy, black/brown spots all over their leaves.
A Reddit post I found with a similar issue had this link suggested in the replies: https://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/Foliage/Resrpts/rh_93_11.htm
Does anyone know more about this, have suggestions for something else it could be, and/or have treatment advice?
8ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 7 months ago
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Ok. Thank you so much! That's a huge relief to hear! I hope you have a wonderful day!
