What are these spots showing up on the leaves?
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For life of me if it’s bugs they hide really well. 30x magnification and I can’t see anything most of the time…. Have had all sorts of bugs in past though…. Do regular preventative treatments on entire collection now. I did see like a mite or two recently but if they were culprit wouldn’t they be crawling around like crazy?? 🤪
@PugandPlantMom greg app says direct sunlight Google says indirect sunlight. I got her in new potting mix it checked for any critters didn't see any when i got her 2 weeks ago. But definitely keeping her away from my other plants and using neem oil just incase. New leaves growing doesn't have them. And they weren't there when I got it 2 weeks ago. Google says could be too much sun or over or under watering. I don't know i just want her healthy
It looks to me like fungal leaf spot, Phyllosticta. It's common in Ti Plants and Dracenea.
To treat it you want a Copper Fungicide like Captain Jacks Copper Fungicide.
This particular fungus thrives in areas with little air circulation. So adding a fan can help prevent it from returning. It attacks the older leaves, which is exactly what's happening to yours.
She's beautiful. But to really eradicate it you will need to remove the affected leaves.
Treat it with the Copper Fungicide once a week. Until you see no new spots forming. It's also showing the classic yellow rings around the older spots.
She will be fine you know what you're doing, I've seen your other plants! 🩷
To treat it you want a Copper Fungicide like Captain Jacks Copper Fungicide.
This particular fungus thrives in areas with little air circulation. So adding a fan can help prevent it from returning. It attacks the older leaves, which is exactly what's happening to yours.
She's beautiful. But to really eradicate it you will need to remove the affected leaves.
Treat it with the Copper Fungicide once a week. Until you see no new spots forming. It's also showing the classic yellow rings around the older spots.
She will be fine you know what you're doing, I've seen your other plants! 🩷
@SuperbRaspfern do you think what’s happening to mine is fungal too? I just spray with coppercide a few weeks back and removed half its leaves… if I removed all affected leaves it wouldn’t have many left at all…. My spots are just brown though no yellow rings
@PugandPlantMom No, I think you have thrips. I circled some silver streaks on your photo. Thrips make those markings. You won't see them because they burrow and lay eggs in the leaf and leaf stem. They can also cause browning of a whole side of a leaf when you have a lot of them.
You need to isolate her and then treat her aggressively. Keep in mind they fly jump and crawl so you will need to treat any plants that were close by.
Thrip treatment
But, that being said they can get around. They fly jump and crawl.
I do advise treating all of the plants in the vicinity of your infected plant. It's much easier than going through the process over and over. Because the one next to it had one you didn't see.
And there is nothing worse than treating one plant and then having to start again.
To get of them for good I recommend
1 capful or tablespoon on undiluted neem oil + 1/2 teaspoon on Castile soap mix in a 32 ounce spray bottle. The soap helps the neem mix with the water so it does not separate.
Spray down plants and don't miss anything spray stems, tips and bottoms of leaves all of it! You want it dripping off.
When you water water with your treatment because the larvae do crawl around the soil.
Treat every 3 days for 6 weeks. DO NOT skip a treatment. If you do begin 6 week process again.
They take longer to eradicate because they burrow into the plant tissue to lay eggs. So it's more difficult to get them all.
I do not recommend systematics like Bonide because many thrip colonies have built up a resistance. 🩷
If you have any questions just ask. But this will end your thrip problems for good even though it's a real pain in the butt.
You need to isolate her and then treat her aggressively. Keep in mind they fly jump and crawl so you will need to treat any plants that were close by.
Thrip treatment
But, that being said they can get around. They fly jump and crawl.
I do advise treating all of the plants in the vicinity of your infected plant. It's much easier than going through the process over and over. Because the one next to it had one you didn't see.
And there is nothing worse than treating one plant and then having to start again.
To get of them for good I recommend
1 capful or tablespoon on undiluted neem oil + 1/2 teaspoon on Castile soap mix in a 32 ounce spray bottle. The soap helps the neem mix with the water so it does not separate.
Spray down plants and don't miss anything spray stems, tips and bottoms of leaves all of it! You want it dripping off.
When you water water with your treatment because the larvae do crawl around the soil.
Treat every 3 days for 6 weeks. DO NOT skip a treatment. If you do begin 6 week process again.
They take longer to eradicate because they burrow into the plant tissue to lay eggs. So it's more difficult to get them all.
I do not recommend systematics like Bonide because many thrip colonies have built up a resistance. 🩷
If you have any questions just ask. But this will end your thrip problems for good even though it's a real pain in the butt.
@SuperbRaspfern I’ve had thrips before… I have no way to isolate with one large loft window… so it’s cool they can take out my plants slowly as they will. I do try to rinse my plants every 2-4 weeks and regularly use diluted alcohol or neem or arbers in rotation. To keep pest at managed per se. but I also have an incredibly dusty environment being 120 year old industrial building never properly updated…. So they spots could just be dust you’re seeing too. I’ve seen thrips larvae before and didn’t think that was it….