Jasmine MOO question - pest, disease, what??

Austin, TX

I have a jasmine, Maid of Orleans that I have had for about 6 months. It is potted indoors in a bright window in a small pot with peat moss and 1/4 perlite and gets watered once every week and a half when the soil surface dries.

My problem is that the leaves are wrinkled, grow with irregular edges, are slightly mottled, curl down at the edges, and the plant is not thriving.

The roots look healthy, there are no pests on it even upon examination with a 10x hand lens. I believe it had broad mites when I received it and I found a few with the hand lens. I treated it with Avid (abamectin) for over a month, with treatments every 5 days. Extensive examination over the next two months shows no return of broad mite infestation at all. There are no spider mites, scale, etc. but new leaves growth still have problems.

What should I do? What is this? I also treated the leaves and soil with Bayer 3-in-1 but have not had success in curing this thing.

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Bay City, MI(Zone 6a)

What did the directions call for insofar as the frequency with which the Avid was to be applied? Did you use 'a little extra. for good measure'? Which 3-in-1 Bayer product did you apply (insect/disease/mite control)? It's not meant to be used as a soil drench. What have you been doing for nutritional supplementation?

Al

Austin, TX

Avid is supposed to be applied in 2-3 applications every 5-10 days to kill not yet hatched mites. Avid is supposed to be very effective on broad mites. They also recommend repeat applications to newly developing plant tissues to maintain control, which I do.

Avid concentrate is supposed to be highly diluted before use. I made mine about double strength after testing and seeing no foliar damage. I used Bayer 3-in-1 insect disease and mite control with imidacloprid, tau-fluvalinate, and tebuconazole.

I have fertilized lightly, as mentioned and also used a spoonful or two of liquid seaweed in its water as a soil drench a couple of times.

Maybe the mite toxins are lingering in plant tissues? The leaves in the pictures are new since treatment began.

Bay City, MI(Zone 6a)

That's what it looked like to me - some sort of reaction to toxins. In this case, it's probably in the dosage.

Al

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