Notice how the leaves have quit growing at the tip.
BROAD MITE DAMAGE
Larry, I remember a few years ago when I first say broad mite damage, I couldn't figure out what was wrong with my plants. I thought it was a terrible virus or something. I sent them to the university, that's when they told me what it was. Do your's have the bronze color under the leaves?
I havn't looked. I pick leaves off everyday that I do not like the looks of. They all go to the compost pile. No telling what kind of stuff I might bre growing there.
I have another mite besides Spidermites. Thought it was Cyclamin mites. Whatever......Avid took care of them after they had ruined my buds so they didn't bloom. They seem to move in just when the buds are forming, keeping me from seeing the blooms I have waited all year to see. Not going to let that happen again!
What do you use to get rid of them?
Yea, Larry, what did you do with the broads?
Avid. A week after spraying new leaves start to come out.
Thanks Larry. I've not had them yet, but I'm armed with Avid, just in case. I wouldn't have known what was causing the damage if they came for a visit. Good to know.
Hammer posted: I pick leaves off everyday that I do not like the looks of.
I've been wanting to ask this question for a while. Do you guys pluck off the questionable leaves as you groom, like leaves that might have bug bites or be yellow or shrivled??? I breed Goldens, and if there is anything questionable, I remove it. Golden's coats are similar to brug leaves, but I really didn't know if I should do drastic grooming re bug bites, yellow or damaged leaves, etc. TIA!!!!! SherryLikeTheWine
Broad mites thrive best in moderate temperatures but need a high humidity for their development. Larry, you have to repeat the treatments every 7 days or whatever it says in the instructions, otherwise, the mites will show up again everytime, the weather suits them.
Monika, do mites cause some leaves to curl under and look knarly?
Monika, the weather here suits them almost yr round. I have to rotate what I spray with or it seems that they adjust to it.
These mites are common in warmer parts of Germany, not where I live. I contaminated my plants through new plants and for that reason, once I am able to get rid of these pests, they are gone for good.
Susie posted once about a warm water bath treatment. I tried it on cuttings of contaminated mother plants and can highly recommend this treatment. The cuttings were free of mites and have stayed free of mites while the motherplants needed to be sprayed again several times.
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What does the warm water bath treatment consist of? How is it done? How hot does the water have to be. How long is the cutting left in the water or is it just sprayed with warm water? AND does it work for branches with leaves?
I learned some 25 + years ago that any soap will kill fleas, if left on the animal for about 5 minutes. After reading DG reports of washing brugs in hot water, I tried it and now do it all the time. I use Joy Grapefruit liquid dishwashing liquid, hot water (don't know the temp, but it's really hot!) and sterilized (old) toothbrushes to scrub all but the greenie cuttings with top knots, which I soap well and soak in hot water. Like cuttings are washed together. The bathtub/shower didn't work for me, so I cut my cuttings shorter (for flat rate boxes) and do all this in my kitchen sink, I dry them in my dishwasher racks. After they are well dried, I spray with dormant spray. Like cuttings are then put in individual containers with H202 and SuperThrive, until I pack them up or put my own cuttings in the GH/bubbler - again, like cuttings in individual containers, until they root. This year, I will pot up my own cuttings as soon as possible, after they start to root (assuming I can keep up - they root oh so quickly), so that, hopefully, I will have some early blooms this spring. Good luck - hope you find a method that works great for you!! For me, it meant just doing it, ya know??!!