Pests and control methods of Gloxinia

Gloxinia pests: Thrips

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Thrips are a common pest of Gloxinia, which mainly affects the growth of leaves and flowers, causing leaf deformities, yellow spots, and cessation of plant growth.

Prevention and treatment methods

When caring for Gloxinia, you should pay attention to promptly clearing the host plants of thrips, such as weeds. It is also necessary to spray chlorpyrifos, seven-star emulsion, insecticide aqueous solution, and wind and thunder stimulant for prevention and control.

Gloxinia pests: Looper

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During the growth period of Gloxinia, loopers will eat its tender shoots, causing the plant to grow slowly or stop growing, or even lead to the death of the plant, causing serious losses.

Prevention and treatment methods

In the early stages of plant care, furadan should be buried in the potting soil for prevention.

If the loopers have already appeared, they can be caught and killed.

Gloxinia pests: Red spider mites

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Red spider mites are very small, less than one millimeter, so they are difficult to detect.

Red spider mites usually use their mouthparts to pierce the leaves of Gloxinia to suck juice, which destroys the chlorophyll and causes gray-yellow spots to appear on the leaves, causing the leaves to fall off or even fall completely.

Prevention and treatment methods

When caring for Gloxinia, you should pay more attention to observation. If you find that the leaves are abnormal in color, you should check the back of the leaves carefully. If individual leaves are damaged, they should be removed immediately.

When more leaves are affected, you should spray pesticides as soon as possible. Commonly used pesticides include cypermethrin, trichloronate, dimethoate, chlorpyrifos, and cypermethrin.