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Hibiscus plants may suffer from pests once brought indoors
Hibiscus plants indoors lose natural pest controls, allowing spider mite and aphid populations to grow unchecked, requiring treatments like washing and insecticides, experts say.
- When hibiscus are brought indoors for winter, houseplant owners commonly face pest outbreaks because outdoor rain and predators no longer check insects, with webbing and small white insects signaling spider mites and aphids.
- Outdoors, rainfall and predators dislodge or reduce pests, and moving hibiscus plants inside removes those natural checks, while sap-sucking pests leave sticky, glossy coatings on leaves and nearby surfaces.
- Houseplant owners can wash plants thoroughly and remove brown or fallen leaves to dislodge pests, then apply systemic houseplant insecticide granules or aerosol insecticidal soap and neem oil per directions.
- If infestations escalate, severely damaged new growth should be cut back, and heavily infested plants may be discarded; systemic insecticides should not be applied to flowering plants before they return outdoors to protect pollinating insects.
- Nearly invisible until webbing appears, spider mites require vigilance, while aphids in white, green, brown or red cluster on new buds and tender shoots during fall indoor moves.
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