Insect bite / plant allergy?
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Healthy fuchsia has buds with small lesions/insect bites
Comments (3)Hi Ian, Thank you very much for replying to my question! I just inspected the plant all over again and there were no snails, and even last night I took a look at the plant, everything seems to be fine. Also, there are no damages on the leaves or stems at all. My fuchsia plants are placed at the windowsill as I do not have a balcony or a garden, so I do not know how the snails could have gotten in, if there was any lurking around. I also have other plants beside the fuchsia plants and none of them have been affected. Are there any other possibilities that can explain this problem? Because only the buds are attacked, open or unopen ones. I had luck with a few buds on the Euro Princess that bloomed but some petals were discolored and the bloom looks a bit distorted and they simply dried up after 1-2 days and fall off. Could it be overwatering? underwatering? not feeding enough? Wrong place? Too high temperature? Do you think cutting down all the blooms away and making the plant shorter overall can help it become stronger and perhaps overcome this problem? Thank you very much!!...See MoreInsect bites in house
Comments (5)The gnats you saw are likely fungus gnats as you suspect but they aren't your problem, they don't bite. The adults are completely harmless to anything at all, its their larvae in the potting medium that can present damage, by feeding on plants fine roots. Tricks for ridding your kitchen of fruit flies like the vinegar don't work for fungus gnats as you've seen. The adults have very brief little lives, its the breeding cycle you need to stop. Get some form of one of the BTi products (Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelenis). The subspecies is important, its specific to mosquito and gnat larvae. Gnatrol, Knock out Gnats, others, or in a pinch buy a package of mosquito dunks, drop a dunk in a container of water, let it sit overnight and use that water on your normal watering schedule for container plants, each time you water, for at least three weeks. It takes a while to break the breeding cycle but be patient, it will eliminate the gnats so be consistent. And the BTi is non toxic to you, your home, pets, birds, harmful only to mosquito and gnat larvae. I don't know what's biting you, it's not fungus gnats. Their larvae stay in the potting medium, either in the bag or your pots, and they aren't causing your itching either. Whether there was something else in that bag, or if the timing was completely coincidental, I couldn't say.......See MoreInsect Bites
Comments (6)A good soother for insect bites is lavender oil (English not spike) and it can also be used as a repellent. Another soother is aloe vera gel - but be sure to check that you're not allergic to it by trying it on a small patch first. Melaleuca tea-tree oil can also be used. DO NOT, never, no, use rue leaves as a repellent. On some people it combines with sunshine to provide long term misery. It's not worth finding out if you're one of them. Look for a sunblocker with insect repellent. Something to keep the sandflies and mozzies at bay. It doesn't take a bottleful to give relief, either. Ask at the chemist's - particularly if you have allergies or sensitive skin....See MoreOxythyrea Funesta bites an insect that devours roses from the inside
Comments (14)Sevin, also called Carbaryl (1-napthyl methylcarbamate), will kill Japanese Beetles, and it probably will kill your Shroud Beetles as well. This is a contact killer and must be sprayed directly onto the beetles to kill them. There is difficulty with spraying Japanese Beetles. They congregate in large numbers devouring roses, elbow to elbow, writhing upon each other as they devour the flower. Yet they are not as oblivious to their environment. They seem to see you coming. You almost have to sneak up upon them and spray their group as fast as you can, because as soon as they see you coming, they sense/feel a disturbance about to occur, and they head for the hills, flying off, before you can spray them. Perhaps, your Shroud Beetles, since they congregate inside a not yet open bloom, their means of escape is blocked, as you spray them. I imagine you would have to saturate the flowers since the spray must land on the beetle itself. Any spray that hits the rose bloom's petals or foliage is unfortunately wasted, collateral waste. Moses...See MoreMelan3 VS
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