Plant pests 😪
1- Cochineal insects
2- Spider mites
3- Thrips
4- Fungus gnats
5- Pest aphids
Cochineals
🍃 FIRST SIGNS 🍃
1- Sticky sap on the leaves and/or on the soil under the plant
2- Discolored, deformed or dying leaves
3- Small, clear/translucent creatures with a dark brown center or white and mealy.
4- Creatures found along the central vein, on the upper and/or lower surface of the leaf
🍃 ISOLATE THE PLANT 🍃
1- Clean your plant with a cotton swab soaked in 60%-70% rubbing alcohol diluted in water, on the top and bottom of ALL the leaves as well as on ALL the stems .
2- Prune the heavily infected branches.
3- Spray the entire plant with a neem oil solution.
4- Change the soil if your plant is heavily infected.
5-Repeat steps 1-3 every week until the signs disappear completely.
🍃 ABOUT SCALPEL MITES 🍃
There are approximately 8,000 species.
They feed on the leaves, stems and branches of your plant.
The soft scale insect secretes a sticky substance called honeydew. The hard scale insect does not secrete honeydew.
Spider mites
🍃FIRST SIGNS🍃
1- Small spider webs
2- Dry, yellowed and/or curly leaves
3- They develop on the underside of the leaves, between the veins
🍃ISOLATE THE PLANT🍃
1- Carefully clean each sheet and its folds with a powerful jet of water.
2- Wipe the leaves.
3- Spider mites do not like humidity; therefore, place your plant in a humid place.
4- Repeat steps 1-2 every three days for two weeks. Then, do it weekly for a month to ensure the treatment is effective.
In case of a heavy spider mite infestation, you can use a neem oil solution or natural predators such as ladybugs.
Thrips
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Fungus gnats
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Pest aphids
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