brugmansia

Cant be sure but it looks like the dreaded Red Spider Mite to me.

 

No, seriously, they are brug buds ... :hehe:

I thought so too Pete but if one doesn't like chemicals we can really only use the soapy water touch, right? The soapy water works for me spaying directly onto the critters (usually on the underside of the leaves) and, with me, not in sunlight. Hose off any residue.

 

Pete would Provado kill it/ soapy water or a wet paper towal wash lol?

 

Hi guys. Well, it LOOKS like spiders webs and if there is no damage to the plant it probably is. :wink: However, having had every plant-munching bug on them at one time or another, I spray with Provado and Bifenthrin as a preventative method. I also have copper wire round the pots. I only use a shotgun as a last resort.:hehe:
I do tend to be a bit protective of my Brugs.

 

Red Spider Mite causes yellowmottling to the leaves and usually get worse as the season progresses.
Dry conditions favour them and humidity doesn't, so they say:skp:

Not much kills the eggs, but most sprays will kill the adults, I think.

I hope its not them, as its the reason I stopped growing Brugs, they are suckers for RSM, which overwinter on the plants.

Usually once you start to see webbing they are pretty advanced.

 

Oh S**t, if i wiped it with a damp cloth soaked in pravado or even soapy water, would that remove the eggs or are they in the leafs???

 

You'd be prepared to wipe every leaf? Respect..:ntwrth: However, you probably wouldn't get all the eggs. :wink: If you spray regularly, you'll get the adults as they emerge. :wink:

 

Wipe every leaf ... hey ho .. I have to do that every year with my Bay Tree which is situated outside my back door on the kitchen patio. It get black mould and if I don't get it off the leaves turns yellow from lack of sun. A nightmare to me as it takes hours and hours to do such.

I would be more than happy to wipe the leaves of a Brug rather than a Bay .. but I brought the Bay from the UK years ago and like other plants I 'baby' it, sad person I am.

 

LOL, I would wip if any leaves remained!!! They are all falling so fast! I supose all this hot and humid weather is helping the red mites.

 

If it was outside it would help, you could spray with water every day.
Outside would be much more natural for the plant this time of the year.

Not sure you can wipe brug leaves, being kind of soft and hairy

 

I only brought it in today, it was getting to bad out and growing slower then when it was inside so I brought it back, windows are allways opened so it gets good air.

 

It does need air waqas ... was it in a 'too sunny location' (gosh, I say that tongue in cheek with the UK at the moment .... :hehe: ). Mine are in a filtered sunlight location ... but my sun is strong and can burn delicate leaves.

Pete, I do agree with you with the wiping of the leaves ... you can do it very gently with a wet sponge.

 

Hi, yeah we are having great weather, been 25C avg.

Mine gets full sun, I can now see the tiny spiders on the plant, loads of them!

 

Hello waqas. Our temps have been 25-27c (down from our low/mid 30s recently) and I have to water mine (in large pots) once if not twice a day. If I don't their leaves droop drastically ... just a thought!

Another suggestion, take a soft paintbrush and brush away the webs and as many spiders as possible and then spray with soapy water after the sun has gone off them.

 

Used a cosston bud soaked in Pravado to take the webs of and a few eggs.

What do the mites do apart make the leafs drop, do they do anything to the flowers/growth.