African Violets and Gesneriads: I hope I don't have mites ;-(, 1 by maureenpm00

maureenpm00 wrote:
I just took a pic of a few of my a/v's that just haven't been doing anything for a while now (maybe 1 1/2 months). The more I read and look at them I think it may be mites.

I'm used to "spider mites" - which I can see with my eyes easily. Since I didn't see any spider web things and didn't see any mites crawling around I didn't think I had mites. But after reading up, I see that the mites that usually affect a/v's are not the spider mites you can see with the naked eye.

Seems the new growth is stunted, on some it is dying. The leaves on some appear to be curling. Overall reduced vigor -- seems they are not doing anything. I'm too new to a/v's to get be sure, pls let me know what you think.

This is the only pic I could take, ran out of disc space. If you need a more close up pic let me know and I will find another disc.

Thanks