7/6/08

Stunted Growth of Hibiscus

The hibicsus plants are finally recovering from aphid and mealybug infestations.
This double hibiscus bloom was affected by the mealybugs. The bloom is supposed to look like this.


The white hibiscus below was infested by both mealybugs and aphids (with of course the herding black ants). You can see the mealybugs all over this stem. I don't know if they were the new "pink hibiscus mealybugs" or just regular ones.

Here's the white hibuscus that was in the previous photo. It's doing well for having been chopped in half down to bare foliage-less twigs.
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2 comments:

  1. Those aphids can be so destructive! Your red hibiscus is looking very healthy, and very beautiful:).
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  2. I have been fighting mealybugs over here on the west coast (Bonita Beach) since around the time of Hurricane Charley & Wilma. I had the extension office come out and they were supposed to do a local release of a special wasp a few years back but mealyworms have taken over so much in FL the program was abandoned (so they tell me). The only thing that I could use to keep my pink ones alive (all 6-8 feet) was imidacloprid to the roots. They are all healthy now but it cost some bucks and I didn't really like using it. I hope yours faired better than mine.
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