I noticed a web/mold on a pumpkin i had on display in my house. Then i noticed that some of the leaves on my plants (Near the pumpkin) had turned brown and had the mold/web on them. I did notice some tiny tiny micro-organisms kinda darting around in the web, not spiders but maybe little mites or something. Anyway, Id like help identifying what it is and if there is anything i can do to save my dear houseplants.
Need Help! Spider Web-ish/mold parasite on my houseplants. . . ? ! ?
probably spider-mites.. fill up a spray bottle with 2 tablespoons of Ivory dish soap (least likely to have chemicals that will harm your plants) and the rest of the way full with water. Spritz your affected plants, and any nearby. do this once a week for the next 4 weeks, and the plants should make it through.
Reply:To identify spider mites, place a white piece of paper under your plant and tap it hard several times. Now use your finger to smear the little dots that have fallen to the paper. If they smear green, you have mites. The green is your plant's sap.
Spider mites on house plants can be a difficult problem to control. Severely infested house plants may best be discarded as elimination of the pest can be very difficult with severe infestations. Frequent use of a strong stream of water (kitchen sprayer attachment or shower) can help to flush mites %26amp; their eggs off your plants. Maintaining your houshold plants in a hot dry environment helps to promote infestations. Insecticidal soaps have some effectiveness when they contact the mites, but do not affect eggs. Horticultural oils may be your best and safest control approach.
Reply:they are probably spider mites...you can take a swab and go around the plant and wipe them off with some anti-bacterial liquid. we had to recently do this in my high school agriculture class.
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