What’s Wrong with My Plants? Nutrient Deficiency vs Bug Damage Nutrient Deficiency or Bug Damage? Nutrient Deficiency or Bug Damage? Nutrient Deficiency or Bug Damage? Nutrient Deficiency or Bug Damage? Common “Bad” Bugs: ● Aphids (Root Aphids) ● Fungal Gnats ● Spidermites ● Thrips ● White Flies Aphids (Root Aphids): Damage • Honeydew & Sooty Mold • Wilted Leaves • Suck plant sap: can cause distorted leaves & flowers • Some spread viruses as they feed Aphids (Root Aphids): Treatments Common Aphids: Root Aphids: • Spray with water • Mosquito Dunks • Foliar Spray, weekly • Nematodes (Safer Insecticidal • Botanigard Dip Soap, Kapow!, Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug Brew) • Beneficial Bug: Lacewings Spidermites: Damage • Pinhead-size spots • Webbing Spidermites: Treatment • Foliar Spray, weekly (Kapow!, Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug Brew) • Beneficial Bugs: Spidermite Predator Mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis, Neoseiulus californicus, Mesoseiulus longipes), Predatory midge (Feltiella acarisuga)
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