Plant Pests 1: Thrips
infected leaf of ficus elastica Plant pests is the topic I want to talk about the most. When you start keeping houseplants, it means you must deal with the plant pests as well. Plant pests are very annoying. The pests I must face the most of them are thrips and fungus gnats. I already wrote about fungus gnats. If you want to read, please go to the article . Thrips are insects that are usually up to 1 mm long. They are sometimes difficult to see. I use extra light. The thrips feed on leaves. They can be found under or on top of the leaves. Sometimes, the leaves will be damaged or even die. Usually, the affected leaves have dark, silver, red, or brown spots. It depends on the type of plant. I inspect all my plants almost every day. Because if your plants are infected and you don’t realize it, they might die and infect other plants. I constantly struggle against the thrips. I try and give my best to make all my plants survive. The struggle is real! Well, don't be scared! It wi...