Project 2015 Spring [main]: Amesiella monticola

[theloyalplum]

Update on project plant:

My teeny tiny plant was viciously and brutally attacked by evil, tiny, red-orange mite things that ate/sucked the life out of my one growing root tip. They must have traveled with Mr. Teeny Tiny because he's been isolated in a sterilized class vase... Falling back on my emergency backup plan, all evil has been mechanically removed and awaits chemical eradication upon identification. For the time being, Mr. Teeny-Tiny has been transferred to a net pot with charcoal and sphag.

Previous sphag is being dried and then burned out of spite.

We shall not go down without a fight!

[shadytrake]

Originally Posted by theloyalplum

Update on project plant:

My teeny tiny plant was viciously and brutally attacked by evil, tiny, red-orange mite things that ate/sucked the life out of my one growing root tip. They must have traveled with Mr. Teeny Tiny because he's been isolated in a sterilized class vase... Falling back on my emergency backup plan, all evil has been mechanically removed and awaits chemical eradication upon identification. For the time being, Mr. Teeny-Tiny has been transferred to a net pot with charcoal and sphag.

Previous sphag is being dried and then burned out of spite.

We shall not go down without a fight!

If spider mites, increase humidity and watering. They are sneaky buggers that like dry heat. I still have a few trying to kill over in my ctsm area. I am spraying a miticide this weekend. I have been trying to drown them.