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Who wouldn’t be upset if a plant that was cared for with all its heart suddenly lost its beauty due to pests? Does Room Mies know what types of plant pests generally damage these beautiful plants? Different types of pests, different handlers. In order not to be wrong and avoid damage to the leaves and flowers of plants, you need to know the various pests and how to deal with them. There are many pests that can damage crops. However, not all pests will attack ornamental plants. So, what types of pests can damage it? This is the list.

1. Caterpillar Pest

One of the most common pests is the caterpillar. For ornamental plants, there are at least two types of caterpillars that you need to watch out for, namely Spodoptera sp, which often damages leaves, and Noctuidae, which generally attack the stem. Signs that the plant has been attacked by pests are in the changing color of the leaves and there are also fragments around the leaves. Another sign is that the stems become more easily broken. The way you can do to eradicate it is to get rid of the pests as soon as possible before the pests attack ornamental plants. The use of natural pesticides from garlic is also effective in getting rid of these caterpillar pests.

2. Spider mite

This type of plant pest is quite dangerous because it absorbs leaf fluids and nutrients that exist in plants. Spider mites themselves can also attack very quickly. You can use acaricide to get rid of it. Spider mites are a winter houseplant epidemic in Canada thanks to the drier household air of the season. The mites thrive in warm, dry places and seem to appear out of nowhere when we turn our furnaces on for another Powell River winter.

3. Grasshopper

Often find grasshoppers perched on leaves or other parts of plants? Do not take it lightly, because this one insect will not hesitate to spend the leaves from your plants. How to eradicate this one animal can be caught directly or you can spray it with water so that the grasshopper is difficult to fly and escape. A more effective way is to use natural or organic pesticides. That way, grasshoppers will not dare to get close to ornamental plants.

4. Mites

Mites can be regarded as a kind of small lice that usually attack ornamental plants, especially on the leaves. This one pest often makes spots on the leaves so that the leaves seem to lose their beauty. Mites are quite difficult to detect quickly because they are small and even invisible to the eye. If your plant’s leaves turn yellow suddenly and fall for no apparent reason, mites may be the cause. To overcome this, you must as soon as possible cut the part of the leaf that has been infected by the mite. You also need to collect the leaves and then burn them. After that, you can use an insecticide to kill all the remaining mites.