Tropicals & Tender Perennials: PERSEA MITES! Going to town on my brugs. Ever seen them?, 0 by JLD_II

JLD_II wrote:
Thanks Jeanette, its time for systemic chems now as much as I hate using them. I sure wished I knew why this is such a terrible year for some of us.
Buns and I used to have the same luck as I literally took brug cuts into the same soil the mom was in and they'd root no problem. Knock on wood...I'm not having any problems with my many trays of cuttings. I have 3 trays of 50 per tray of hibiscus, passifloras and other misc. plants in various stages of rooting.
BUT All of my brugs that are normally covered with huge and lush leaves and rows and rows of blooms are sad stick lil plants with fragile leaves and tons of puny lil buds and blooms. I was so excited early this spring when I had atleast 25 fat and green brugs ready to head for the sunshine then BAM! 4 freak freezes 2 weeks apart in late March into early May. I have never seen such a thing and I had never had so many plants all fat and ready for the sunshine. All my brugs went from thick and lush to tall and twiggy in 2 weeks and its been hell ever since. Atleast all my passion flowers are finally thriving along with most everything else. Everyone is still behind schedule though due to the late freezes and frosts. My new hibiscus hybrids are beginning to show off a lil. Check out this picturwe of "Molten Lava". She's gonna be a beauty when potted up and covered with more blooms.
Well enough crying and time to get postal with this systemic. I sure appreciate having a place to vent, this plae probably saves a fortune in therapyLOLOL
Good night friends, Jeff