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Leaf disease, what to do?

18 years ago

Until a week ago my plumies -as you can see- looked healthy and fine with big green leaves with foliages ready to flourish. A few days ago started having the problem you see on the pictures. Leaves are full of a stuf that sticks on the fingers and if you caress them your fingers become green! If I spray them with water/soap/pure alcohol, do you think it will help?

Mind you that I am in Greece where I cannot find any of the medicins you have in the states. Only practical advises please.











Comments (10)

  • 18 years ago

    Your plants look gorgeous in the first pics. That looks a lot like spider mite damage but I don't see any critters and I've never had my fingers turn green from a SM infestation. Is there any webbing anywhere? I might be tempted to remove the damaged foliage then wipe down the entire plant well with the water, alcohol, soap mixture or maybe a horticultural oil. I wouldn't just spray it, I'd wash each leaf and the stems using cotton balls and Q tips. Hopefully someone will be able to identify exactly what is wrong and give you more specific advice. Good luck, especially with that inflo that's so close to opening.
    Karyn

  • 18 years ago

    Many thanks Karyn. I will follow your advise with washing the leaves with the mixture and we see! I understand that there is no any other solution! The point is that the plants in total still look gorgeous and heavy! But day by day you see more and more leaves getting this disease. I washed them 2 days ago only with soap and you should see the water after cleaning them was really dark green/brown! My hands too!
    It is sad as they are ready to have the last flowers for this season and then to start slowly getting in dormancy position. But also weather in Athens is still warm and this doesn't help I am afraid.. All plants including plumies think that is still end of summer and not spring..
    I am sending you these zoom photos I tried to get and see the white and red/brown things on the leaves that stick in your hands.





  • 18 years ago

    There is a guy names Peter who grows plumeria also in Greece
    Mickey

  • 18 years ago

    Here is Peters e mail address:
    Panayiotis [pikatsas@hotmail.com]

    You may have something in common...
    Mickey

  • 18 years ago

    many many thanks Mickey! That's great! I'll contact him now :-)

  • 10 years ago

    Hello stemn, I have a Jasmine and I have the same problem :( Have you found a solution to this? I have those little white insects, the leaves are turning white and if you touch the leaves, something green will stick on your fingers. What is this? Please help.... :( Gia

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Neem oil or Bayer 3in1 will work just fine.

  • 10 years ago

    I read about neem oil. I tried some insecticide (and the mites are gone) but I will use neem oil also. Thank you!

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Good to hear they are already gone. Not sure if you were expecting the existing leaf damage to heal and return to a normal green to show the plant is recovering. It won't. Your best bet is to observe the newest growth at the tips to ensure the insects are gone.

  • 10 years ago

    Yes, I am waiting to see if they won't appear again. Sadly, all the leaves are green with white, and I guess that they won't change color. Hope the new ones will be ok. So far, the plant grew really fast (from 8 to 30 leaves in 3 months). I will let you know what happends further. Thank you once again. :-)


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