- Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:19 am
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Hey everyone, as some of you might know I live out here in Phoenix, Arizona and like every summer I am always battling mites and the extreme heat here! A few weeks ago we had temperatures that were 116F for a week straight that really put some stress on my plants! Luckily I was able to keep them under thick fruit trees and a shade cloth, but with heat that extreme it still took some toll on them.. Throughout the summer starting in March I have been spraying for mites and I have sprayed about five times using Bayer 3-1. What is troubling me is the browning that is around the teeth on some of my flytraps (look at the pictures above). Now I know that this can be a sign of mites and Matt has been very helpful in helping me identify them but the thing is at the moment I'm just not seeing any active mites and the new growth on the plant seems to be coming up fine. Could this possibly be old mite damage? I know I am not overwatering, I do think that they are indeed lacking enough direct sunshine, that's why I have the 50% shade cloth so I can at least get them some sunshine. I am wondering are there other things that could contribute to this browning to happen? Could the plants be getting sunburned or do they start to brown when the temperatures get too extreme? As you can see in one of the pictures the lashes are burnt which I'm guessing is from too much direct sun, and in another picture it looks like there was some trauma done to the flytrap(perhaps chemical burn?) but what do you all think about the browning? If it comes down to it I might try drowning the mites in water if I absolutely have too(if it is mites). Any suggestions on this would be highly appreciated!
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