Do I have Flat Mites? Weird Markings and Checking Some of my Plants with a Microscope!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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I discovered some weird markings on a few plants recently so I decided to purchase a microscope and investigate! I'm not sure of my findings but decided to treat them anyway!
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I loved seeing that kitty and hearing the little kitty talk in the background 😭🖤
Thank you!! 🥹 They always love to make an appearance!!
When I noticed mite damage on my hoya I used the bonicide systemic granules and it started growing again about 2 weeks after treatment!
My calatheas always get flat mites - I use an alcohol/dish soap mix spray weekly and beneficial mites!
I've seen from other pages on ig that they do like calatheas, but mostly hoyas. So im pretty sure those red specks were them! I had them on a few hoyas. It's crazy how tiny they are! It helps if you put the leaf almost touching the microscope, that's how I was able to spot them on mine, like super super close, and then adjust the focus. I got some pretty gross videos of them on my microscope! Lol
Ugh, not the calatheas 😢 I’ll have to try it again soon and get super close. I was annoyed I broke my microscope and then I couldn’t find the glue 😂
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I have flat mites on almost all of my hoyas. They are orange specks and it you watch them for a little bit, they will start moving. The orange dots are their eggs. They like to hang out on the stems and on top and under the leaves. I have better luck using my laptop since it is a bigger screen. They do spread. Fern on RUclips ended up spraying all of her house plants. I think I need to treat all of mine. It's a sick feeling.
I’m so sorry you have them 😩🙏🏼 treating all the plants has to feel so overwhelming I think I would cry 😢 maybe I’ll try my computer! I feel like I need to get a better video and close up to see for sure. Hoping they’re gone for you soon 🥹
Yeah they’re quite hard to see on the little baby phone screen while you’re also moving the microscope that moved opposite of what you want lol.. any ways I treated my entire collection w sulfur Hoyas, Philos and anthuriums.. and once I got a big thick coating of that nasty dusty spray on there, it was like the heavens were singing and everything started almost immediately growing
What is a rough estimate for the likelihood that a Hoya would have them. Like statistically 1 in how many Hoyas would have flatmites?
I could swear I saw one of the orange specks move just a teeny bit at around 22:23! 👀 I'm gonna have to check my Marantas and Hoyas for flat mites soon. I'm thinking about treating them all just as preventative care. Hope you get to the bottom of what is causing weird markings on your plant babies.
Ahh I’ll have to rewatch that part. I still need to check them again haha tomorrow!! If I find anything new I’ll update!!
This is totally and incredibly interesting. I loved it. I agree with You not to get paranoid and check your entire collection. Thank you so much for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!!
I'm pretty sure I have flat mites rapidly spreading through my collection despite using systemic granules and doing sulphur treatments, so I'm now going to try the tea tree soap, peppermint soap, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and water mixture and hope for the best.
did that mixture end up working for you? i use that for other pests and have been wondering if it also works for flat mites!
💓Thanks for this info! I'm recently back into plants & was wondering about this!💓
You are so welcome! 🥰
Totally off topic, but I LOVE your nail polish! What color is it?
Excellent info, thank you!!!
Glad it was helpful!
That weird discoloration looks to be a residual from the powder treatment.
That was very interesting I enjoyed this video...Thanks for your time...
You’re welcome!!! 🥰
Interesting! I also purchased a microscope. They are so hard to hold steady! Thanks for filming this. Looking forward to your update!
Thanks for watching! I still need more practice haha. I think I'm going to check new plants when I get them as a prevention measure. Just one more pest to watch out for 😬
@@plantsbymelissa Great idea!
I have a Hoya Sunrise which has been losing its new leaves. I was so excited when it sent out a new shoot but stumped that it loses the new leaves. I'm ordering the Sulfer you recommended. Do you know if the mites spread easily?
Do flat mites only like to attack Hoyas? Waiting for my microscope to check my string of bananas that has some knobby like new growth and some bronzing. I do have my one hoya separated from my succulent collection and I think it has flat mites. But do they bother other types of plants?
Thanks so much!
Idk, I thought mites move and I didn't see any movement. Interesting video, Thank you!
I thought so too! 😩 I don’t know what the orange dots are though unless the fungicide I sprayed on them did something to them. It’s so weird!
I hope that if it’s the problem you’ll get rid of them, keep us updated. 😊
Thank you!! I’ll try again with the microscope tomorrow makes a week so I’ll recheck them and spray them down again. I need to get a closer zoom
Is a more accurate way to know👍
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I tried using a hand spray bottle with the Sulfur an it clogged up, so I got a pump pressure one. It’s works better but still have to shake it an make sure the powder is mixed well. Thanks for the info, didn’t know they would attack other plants as well.?💚💚💚
You’re welcome!! They can definitely spread! Someone here said they heard they like calatheas too :(
@@plantsbymelissa Yea that’s not good, too many Calathea but thanks again.
You need to sit down and hold the microscope steady. Almost touching the leaf. Holding still will help with focus.
I'm sure some of my hoya had them because they never put out new growth. Then I switched from captain jack's to Azamax on the recommendation of Liz from hoyaappreciation and all of them started putting out new growth within 2 weeks. hope that helps someone.
Interesting!! Thanks for sharing!! 🥰
Ugh. I feel like flat mites are the new fusarium, which turned out to not be that serious. I’m not going crazy over them. 😭🤣
Agreed. People get so caught up,vthen catastophize. Please realize it's designed to get people to purchase!!!! Purchase items, its a trend. Flat mites didn't just become an issue. They are a pest like any other.
I do find it hard to believe that they are all of a sudden a huge problem in the houseplant community. Flat mites have always existed. People are just now aware of them. Good news is they are slow to breed (only 4-6 generations a year) making them pretty easy to overcome in the long term even if you do have them. Even if you miss some the infestation can’t come back as quickly as something like spider mites because they just don’t breed fast. So while it may not be easy to eradicate them, that’s okay! I would think regular pest prevention as part of normal plant care would be enough to keep numbers low and from causing any noticeable damage. I’d certainly rather have flat mites than thrips (my yearly nemesis). I’m with you. Not going to go crazy trying to control something that is very mild in comparison to other pest problems.
@@SuperUsername147 exactly. And I grow most of my plants outside, there’s bigger problems out there… literally. I’m not going to let a little mite ruin the fun for me. Until I see any issues of course. 😵💫🤣
I am going to switch to Leca after my battle with gnats. I still see them and I have treated all my plants. It's too expensive to keep fighting bugs between losing plants, buying fungicide and pest control, and the ingredients to make a good soil...all starts to add up. I'm done with GNATS AND BUGS PERIOD!
You can still get pests with leca. I get thrips every year and all my plants are in semi hydro. It should get rid of your gnats problem though.
Just switching everything over to leca is a time consuming issue not to mention cost as well especially large plants in my opinion!
Melissa did you check the under leaf?
I don’t know why I didn’t 😩 I’m going to recheck them tomorrow!
With that microscope I’ve had to screen shot the image then enlarge it to really see what it is.
Thank you!!
I just treated all my plants with the sulfur fungusied. Better safe than sorry
Ah yes, the thought of treating everyone makes me 🫠 I’m afraid to look 😢
I haven't heard they go on plants other than hoya but maybe they just *prefer* hoya. You would see movement and I'd think you'd see more than one(?)
It’s definitely odd, I don’t think I got close enough to see them that well but I have a gut feeling it’s them. I’m going to check again tomorrow! I’ll try and get closer and see what I find.
I have them on pothos and others as well. It sucks.
@plantsbymelissa good luck ,hopefully will be a less stressful treatment since there was a just a few
@@catarinaeriksson946 oh no!
I had to zoom in more to find them even with the microscope.
I still need to recheck them and zoom in better but hoping I don’t find anything 🙃