Help! My lemon tree which lives inside in the winter is now covered in areas with these things. What are they and what do I do. They were not there a few days ago.
Help! My lemon tree which lives inside in the winter is now covered in areas with these things. What are they and what do I do. They were not there a few days ago.
awful aphid infestation. the tree itself is probably stressed by the move and the aphids decided to capitalize off of it and the now warmer conditions. take it back outside and blast them off with a hose to the best of your ability. you can also invest in some neem oil to treat if you’re not against using insecticides
Limebeer_24
Holy crap that is certainly one of the worst aphid infestations that I’ve seen!
Wash them off and then spray the lemon tree with Insecticidal Soap, then repeat next week as well. Be sure to spray the entire plant.
ClassyDinghy
Is the third pic thrips??
Wasabi_Grower
I personally use a mix of tea tree oil/soap, peppermint extract, dash of hydrogen peroxide. Tea tree oil kills eggs. Peppermint repels aphids. Hydrogen peroxide kills on contact – USE VERY LITTLE – can burn leaves. When you see no more aphids, dig out top 1” of soil (for eggs) as well and replace. Aphids multiply amazingly quick so be wary. 3rd pic looks like thrips/spider mites
ThePineappleWins
So far I pruned off the very worse spots and lightly sprayed a water and alcohol mixture on a few spots to see how things react. Hoping for the best 🤞
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So, it looks like a horror movie
Aphids
awful aphid infestation. the tree itself is probably stressed by the move and the aphids decided to capitalize off of it and the now warmer conditions. take it back outside and blast them off with a hose to the best of your ability. you can also invest in some neem oil to treat if you’re not against using insecticides
Holy crap that is certainly one of the worst aphid infestations that I’ve seen!
Wash them off and then spray the lemon tree with Insecticidal Soap, then repeat next week as well. Be sure to spray the entire plant.
Is the third pic thrips??
I personally use a mix of tea tree oil/soap, peppermint extract, dash of hydrogen peroxide. Tea tree oil kills eggs. Peppermint repels aphids. Hydrogen peroxide kills on contact – USE VERY LITTLE – can burn leaves. When you see no more aphids, dig out top 1” of soil (for eggs) as well and replace. Aphids multiply amazingly quick so be wary. 3rd pic looks like thrips/spider mites
So far I pruned off the very worse spots and lightly sprayed a water and alcohol mixture on a few spots to see how things react. Hoping for the best 🤞
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I usually use water with some dish soap, doesn’t harm the plant and kills the aphids
Buy some ladybugs
Put it in the shower and gently wash off all you can and then treat with a dilute insecticidal soap solution.