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Need help identifying pest

daisydo
15 years ago

I am new to growing hibiscuses other than the rose mallow which brings me delightful blooms year after year. I bought one this year and it seems perfectly healthy. Every morning I check, something has cut off a healthy stem. It is cut at an angle and if I didn't know better, I would think somebody is cutting it off with pruning shears. Sometimes the stem is completely off, laying on the ground, other times it is hanging on by a thread. I have looked for pests of and can't find anything.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

Comments (3)

  • slfairless
    15 years ago

    Which one of your neighbors is mad at you? ;)

  • lilgreenfrog
    15 years ago

    I know this is an old thread, but you should consider cutworm. Those suckers can saw through a healthy rose cane in a night.

    Lara

  • pollyanna2008
    15 years ago

    The cutworm is the logical culprit. They not only feasted on my hibiscus but nibbled on my daisies for dessert

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