{"id":102124,"date":"2018-12-09T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/meet-the-mites-wholl-keep-plants-bug-free\/"},"modified":"2018-12-09T18:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T11:03:48","slug":"meet-the-mites-wholl-keep-plants-bug-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/meet-the-mites-wholl-keep-plants-bug-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the mites who\u2019ll keep plants bug-free"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHere\u2019s the professional solution to indoor pestsWith the exploding interest in houseplants, I am increasingly flooded with questions about how to deal with indoor pests. It seems to be a particular problem at this time of year as people bring plants, which have been holidaying on the patio over the summer, indoors and with them come unwanted hitchhikers. The closer confines of plants now arranged more densely facilitates the spread of the pests from host to host, and sealed in the warm, cosy environment of a living room, without the normal summer predators, populations can quickly start to build. And as plant growth rate tends to slow in the lower light levels of winter, they can become more susceptible to infestations, which they might shrug off in summer.While I tend to adopt a far more laissez faire approach to pests outdoors, this unique combination of factors means that many normally relatively fuss-free plants, such as alocasia, plumeria and brugmansia can become a real challenge (if not almost impossible) to overwinter. That\u2019s before we get on to the dripping of sticky honeydew these critters can create, ruining upholstery and wooden surfaces. As someone who has had his fair share of all the above (and, trust me, it pains me every time), I decided to go straight to the source to ask commercial growers for their evidence-based techniques for tackling pests in the great indoors. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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