Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Fall Swap 2013 at Sallygs Haves and Wants Discussion, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I get bugs on some plants outside---but not too many.
Sometimes Spider mites---just now--I have white Flies on one of my daturas
and I have been spraying for them. Last year--I had scale on one of my H-plants--
I had bought it at HD and I have observed, that many plants from Big Box stores
often come with insect problems--you just don't see it until a year later..
They are sometimes grown in open fields in FL. So there!
I get Funguses (lost all my petunias to crown rot), rabbits chew off my plants...
A couple years ago--all my Impatiens died of that Downy Mildew....It IS a battle.

BUT--even though I bring in over 100 plants every winter--I never have any bugs in my house.
The very few times I have had any--they were on recently purchased plants.
Please be wary of this--and inspect any plants you are buying VERY carefully.

It may be because I treat every pot that will come in with Systemic Granules about 2-3 weeks
before they all come in.
I also think that, once you have bugs on your plants & in your house--it is very hard to get
rid of them--especially if you have Mealy Bugs (as they hide in very small places)
or if you have a Mite infestation. Scale is also a bad one...
G.

--Anyone want some baby AV's???? You can see that I have plenty!
--Maybe some small Holiday cactus? Got those too--all grown from leaves/segments by me...