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| Transplanted nursery rosemary to a giant pot on my deck. Going well so far, but I'm noticing little golden colored "polka-dots" on many of the lower leaves.
I plucked one of the worse offenders and did this trick whereby I turn my binoculars upside down and can kind of use them as a makeshift magnifying glass. Here's what I found: - Aphid-looking creature, looked like it was laying eggs. There were all sorts of similarly-colored balls on the leaf near it. - Dark little (reddish?) round-shaped bug crawling around- maybe a rosemary beetle? No, upon further googling, those look big. This one is teeny- you could fit 4 or 5 of them across on a rosemary leaf - amber-colored balls along the side of the leaf Before I freak out, considering ALL THIS was on the first leaf I plucked, any idea what the spots may mean? The "visitors"? What's my best solution for keeping it relatively bug-free? |
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- Posted by zone24anne Sunset 24/USDA 10 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 9, 09 at 18:30
| Coming back to say I stopped by the nursery to describe my spots and actually found the same spots on their rosemary plants, so I showed them and they said the spots are due to thrips. They sold me some organic Dr. Earth spray (the kind that has different oils & such in it) so I came home and soaked the plant and moved it into the shade. Hopefully that will help with all of the "visitors"! |
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| Keep it in the sun. |
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- Posted by zone24anne Sunset 24/USDA 10 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 9, 09 at 20:20
| Tomorrow it'll be back in the sun, but the spray directions said not to have it in the sun right after spraying or it might get "sunburn" : ) |
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| Neem is also a great product to kill insects that damage plants. Its organic and has been used in many pesticide and even fungicide applications. |
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