Garden Pests and Diseases: Hot Pepper Wax? Indoor plants (citrus etc) under seige. HELP, 0 by petitchouchou

petitchouchou wrote:
hi ecrane3,

the umbrella tree is too big to fit in a shower, unfortunately, as is the bigger of the two citrus plants. The kaffir lime could fit in the shower; I'll hose it down.

I noticed some tiny webbing on the umbrella tree, so it looks like there's definitely a mite party happening. I sprayed the whole thing down with hot pepper wax unti it was dripping and plan to repeat every 4 days or so for a few weeks and see what happens...also removed the mealybug fuzzies with a q-tip as i went. fingers crossed.

i also just noticed that the underside of some of my citrus leaves has a slightly sandpapery texture, with a reddish cast. almost like the leaves are beginning to rust. what is this?