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Indoor Musa basjoo... Haaalp!
Hi folks... Have a cutting (now a couple of years old) from the Musa basjoo in the garden growing indoors on a sunny windowsill. It is playing host to a pest I've not come across before. It makes the leaves brown / yellow at the edges and droop, eventually to die. If you look closely there is a very fine web a little like spider's web under the leaves, especially in the ribs, and around new shoots that is inhabited with very, very small white crawly things. Have tried daily misting with water to no avail... Any ideas chaps? Les -- Rev. Les Hemmings (First Church of Atheism) aa #2251 http://firstchurchofatheism.com/ |
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Indoor Musa basjoo... Haaalp!
On May 24, 4:10*pm, "Les Hemmings" wrote:
Hi folks... Have a cutting (now a couple of years old) from the Musa basjoo in the garden growing indoors on a sunny windowsill. It is playing host to a pest I've not come across before. It makes the leaves brown / yellow at the edges and droop, eventually to die. If you look closely there is a very fine web a little like spider's web under the leaves, especially in the ribs, and around new shoots that is inhabited with very, very small white crawly things. Have tried daily misting with water to no avail... Any ideas chaps? Oh dear, Les, I think your plant's got religion! |
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Indoor Musa basjoo... Haaalp!
moghouse wrote:
Oh dear, Les, I think your plant's got religion! Can't be that! It's read "The God delusion" twice... |
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Indoor Musa basjoo... Haaalp!
On May 24, 4:10*pm, "Les Hemmings" wrote:
Hi folks... Have a cutting (now a couple of years old) from the Musa basjoo in the garden growing indoors on a sunny windowsill. It is playing host to a pest I've not come across before. It makes the leaves brown / yellow at the edges and droop, eventually to die. If you look closely there is a very fine web a little like spider's web under the leaves, especially in the ribs, and around new shoots that is inhabited with very, very small white crawly things. Have tried daily misting with water to no avail... Any ideas chaps? Les -- Rev. Les Hemmings (First Church of Atheism) *aa #2251 http://firstchurchofatheism.com/ Red Spider mite? Although misting with water should have seen that off. Judith |
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Indoor Musa basjoo... Haaalp!
On 2009-05-24 16:10:04 +0100, "Les Hemmings" said:
Hi folks... Have a cutting (now a couple of years old) from the Musa basjoo in the garden growing indoors on a sunny windowsill. It is playing host to a pest I've not come across before. It makes the leaves brown / yellow at the edges and droop, eventually to die. If you look closely there is a very fine web a little like spider's web under the leaves, especially in the ribs, and around new shoots that is inhabited with very, very small white crawly things. Have tried daily misting with water to no avail... Any ideas chaps? Les I asked my husband about this and he agrees that it's most probably red spider mite. Treat it for that, though once they get a hold, they're hard to get rid of. There is a natural predator called Phytoseuiulus persimilis that seeks and destroys red spider mite and then dies off itself. Do a Google on natural predators. It may also be that the leaves are browning because the house atmosphere isn't humid enough for them. -- -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials South Devon |
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Indoor Musa basjoo... Haaalp!
Sacha writes
On 2009-05-24 16:10:04 +0100, "Les Hemmings" said: Hi folks... Have a cutting (now a couple of years old) from the Musa basjoo in the garden growing indoors on a sunny windowsill. It is playing host to a pest I've not come across before. It makes the leaves brown / yellow at the edges and droop, eventually to die. If you look closely there is a very fine web a little like spider's web under the leaves, especially in the ribs, and around new shoots that is inhabited with very, very small white crawly things. Have tried daily misting with water to no avail... Any ideas chaps? Les I asked my husband about this and he agrees that it's most probably red spider mite. Treat it for that, though once they get a hold, they're hard to get rid of. There is a natural predator called Phytoseuiulus persimilis that seeks and destroys red spider mite and then dies off itself. Do a Google on natural predators. It may also be that the leaves are browning because the house atmosphere isn't humid enough for them. Greater humidity would also deter the red spider. Won't get rid of it, but would tend to stop it returning. -- Kay |
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Indoor Musa basjoo... Haaalp!
K wrote:
Greater humidity would also deter the red spider. Won't get rid of it, but would tend to stop it returning. Have planted it in the soil outside. The current storms will settle it in and sort out the red spider mite I think ) Will pot up a few offshoots to overwinter indoors later on as insurance. Thanks for the tips everyone. ) L -- Rev. Les Hemmings (First Church of Atheism) aa #2251 http://firstchurchofatheism.com/ |
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