life span of leaves?

Re: life span of leaves?#930

By Pat -  Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:22 am
Location:  Mt Barker, South Australia
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- Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:22 am #930

According to all the books I have read, The traps can catch about three meals
before they start to die. I have some traps that are yet to open, so I will conduct some experiments on them and see how long they last with out catching any thing.

Re: life span of leaves?#941

By Carl -  Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:46 pm
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- Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:46 pm #941

I got brown spots on mine earlier this year and it ended up being Red spider mite. Is the brown marking getting bigger?

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Re: life span of leaves?#943

By grant -  Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:38 pm
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- Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:38 pm #943

mlvc2002 wrote:I got brown spots on mine earlier this year and it ended up being Red spider mite. Is the brown marking getting bigger?

i dont know. i will definatley check when i get home.

my dad would get those sometimes, he grows orchids

Re: life span of leaves?#954

By grant -  Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:34 pm
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- Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:34 pm #954

well, i did not see any spider mites. or anything else like that. i'll keep an eye on them

Re: life span of leaves?#957

By Carl -  Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:16 pm
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- Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:16 pm #957

Red Spider mite can't be seen with the naked eye you need to us a magnifier and then you might just see little dots running about.

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Re: life span of leaves?#958

By grant -  Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:31 pm
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- Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:31 pm #958

yeah, i know exactly what you are talking about. like i said, my dad has had them before in his greenhouse. and i distinctly remember seeing them with my naked eye. but either way. i did not see anything. and i looked under leaves too

thanks for the input everyone

Re: life span of leaves?#1643

By lemonlily -  Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:02 am
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- Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:02 am #1643

I think if your plant has lots of leaves, you might want to cut it off if it spreads. I also don't don't know why that can happen but it could be because of it being too hot.

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