Tropicals & Tender Perennials: yellow spots on plumeria leaves, 0 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Tom, you are quite right, but I think usually the mite damage is a little different-looking. The damage tends to be concentrated more around the stem.

I usually struggle with mites here in this dry climate on my brugmansias and plumerias, but we had a very humid summer due to several tropical storms nearby, which came from the Gulf of Mexico. The mites have been scarce here this summer, and I think it is due to the unusual humidity. I even bought "Forbid" earlier this year in anticipation that I would be having a major infestation right about now, but there is no damaged evident. I've been pretty good about spraying the leaves when I water just to discourage them as they hate water. One of my plants in the corner of the greenhouse got them pretty good last winter. Here is a pic of what mite damage usually looks like for me in this climate:

(Edited to fix spelling.)

This message was edited Sep 16, 2006 10:41 AM