![]() I’ve got some kind of ocotillo and it’s my prize, I can tell it’s doing bad also. Now, all of my succulents are doing pretty poor. I look in the soil, and notice little white tiny oblong larvae ish things. This was a four year old plant at the very least. I go around the pot, to loosen up and begin transplant, then my nightmare, the plant tips over, no real roots left to speak of that are attached. Lower leaves turning black prior to their time, still full of aloe juiciness. So I thought to repot due to root bound, wasn’t looking good. And a few weeks later there was no noticeable improvement in posture. It began leaning, I assumed in search of afternoon sun. I lost a beautiful fan aloe to something in the soil. really knows how well their product works in this regard. I’ll have to look again, but I doubt that Sevin, Inc. Myself and a plethora of Aloe enthusiasts are in agreement that most foliar applications are fruitless, but Sevin really works. ![]() Spraying Sevin, only on the effected areas, a week or so apart seems to kill all mite activity (as does systemic miticide) and I’ve seen no adverse effects on adjacent flora or fauna. The alcohol is believed to smother the mites. Re alcohol: It really does work, but one must hit every mite to get rid of them as there is no residual effect. It’s become known as one of the best ways to induce offsets. Since discovering that curing large masses of gall with Sevin produces numerous offsets, I have shared this advice with many others who have in turn tried it themselves. I should mention that I have seen evidence of Sevin in powder form damaging tissue, but the liquid form works wonders. This, of course, cannot be done by removing the gall. The gall then grows into several new stems this is a great propagation method for the rare stuff. Not only do we never cut off the gall (unless it’s just part of the inflorescence), we leave it on the rare, non offsetting varieties until it gets rather large, and then we apply Sevin two or three times over a period of two or three weeks. Cutting away the gall will remove a great nimiety of mites, but as one could imagine, countless others remain elsewhere on the plants. It’s what is used in botanical gardens in Africa, and it works wonders here too. Via email from succulent expert and author Duke Benadom of the Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society: “I completely agree with your comments on systemics however, the product Sevin (liquid form) works excellently as a topical spray. I simply used a sharp knife to slice the plants well below any signs of infestation. These photos, taken in my own garden, show two different aloes six weeks after gall-removal surgery. If the plant is badly infested, it might be smart to consider not spending twenty dollars on poison for a ten dollar plant." For what members of the "All That Is Kelly Griffin" Facebook group use to control mites, see the rest of the thread.īe sure to scroll down to the Comments for what succulent expert and author Duke Benadom recommends. What if you really want to nuke them? Kelly adds: ".to excise and then treat with chemicals is a good one keeping in mind it is a mite, it needs to be a miticide to have any possibility of success. If you don’t, it just gets more pervasive." You just need to recognize it early and do something. In Agaves you have the weevil and the grease mite. Learning to deal with it is just part of living. I don't, because I agree with aloe expert Kelly Griffin who says, "just about every plant I have grown has some Achilles heel. Remove any flowers with distorted growth. They’re most apt to spread when infested aloes are blooming. Keep in mind the mites are wind-borne and gravity aids them. If you don’t want to get rid of existing plants, at least cut out the knobby growth. After all, it's a breeding ground. Even if you don't mind the galls, do get rid of them before they infest other aloes.Īny aloe is at risk. If an infestation is severe, dispose of the entire plant. Here's what I doĪt first sign, excise affected tissues and bag them for the trash (do not put them in green waste). Mites travel via water, wind, garden tools, and people who find bizarre formations fascinating. ![]() Mites inject a chemical that causes cancerous growth. They produce as many as eight generations a year, and each female lays 80 eggs a month.
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