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- Correctly recognize and combat pests on the dragon tree
- Mourning mosquitoes often come into the house with the potting soil
- Fight different types of lice
- Thrips are usually located on the undersides of the leaves
- Tips
Lice can best be cleaned off with a soft soap solution
Correctly recognize and combat pests on the dragon tree
The reasons for yellow spots and other damage pictures in the dragon tree are not always due to care mistakes or an unpasen location. The often tiny pests sometimes cause the plants even if they are not even clearly visible to the naked eye.
Mourning mosquitoes often come into the house with the potting soil
The so-called Trauermücken are relatively annoying in their own living rooms, but do not do anything to the houseplants themselves. The danger to plants like the dragon tree comes from the larvae of these mosquitoes. The females of the Mourning Mosquitoes like to lay their eggs in the moist plant substrate. Prevent an infestation of black-and-white mosquitoes by switching to hydroponics to care for your dragon tree.
Fight different types of lice
Lice species such as shield or mealybugs can spread easily under the following conditions:
It can be unpleasant not only by the yellow spots on the leaves, but also when the white threads of the woolly lice on the leaves. In addition to chemical control agents, mechanical methods such as scrubbing with soft sponges in combination with a soft soap or Parrafinöllösung promise good success in countering.
Thrips are usually located on the undersides of the leaves
The black-brown thrips are about 1 to 3 mm long and should actually be easier to recognize with their brown-black coloring than, for example, lice. The common thing about these pests, however, is that they often sit unnoticed on the underside of the leaves and so unrecognized can ensure a slow death of the dragon tree. In addition to the usual means from the sprayer shelf, the mechanical removal of infestations also helps against thrips.
Tips
For the control of thrips and various species of louse it is recommended to cover the dragon tree with a hermetic plastic bag for about three days after the leaves have been washed off and to place it in a less sunny place. This is said to be helpful in controlling residual lice on the leaf axils and other hard to reach areas.