thepodpiper
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Posted 1454461274
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When I got these rooted cuttings about 10 days ago the looked fine but now I am having some issues. The new growth seems to be deformed and some of the older leaves are cupping upward.
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Posted 1454461706
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Second pic almost dead center you can see a white tiny blob.
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thepodpiper
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Posted 1454463588
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No webs and I went over all three plants with a powerful magnifying glass and found nothing but the little white blob.
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rcantor
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Posted 1454465640
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Under the leaves are little white things as well. I'd spray the whole thing - stems, tops and bottoms of leaves with insecticidal soap (potassium salts of fatty acids), neem oil or rubbing alcohol, in order of my preference.
thepodpiper
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Posted 1454493351
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Little white hairs from the leaf are what you are seeing. the deformation of the leaves resembles an aphid infestation but like I said there is not a bug on any of these plants. I will look closely for a couple more days. I have neem oil, I will mix up a bit and use it on them.
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nycfig
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Posted 1454500284
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If you don't see an active infestation don't worry about it. Neem oil will work on whatever that 'sac' is.
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aphahn
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Posted 1454511165
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Stress can trigger plants (esp young ones) to show fmv symptoms. It might just be the move to your house that triggered it. Spray with neem to be safe. They will recover.
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sbmohan
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Posted 1454523041
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The plants look fine to me. It is normal for young plants to get stressed and it will show up in the new growth. Just provide them the right nourishment and water them in the right intervals (not too much). They will rebound.
thepodpiper
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Posted 1454536623
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Is it acceptable to cut off the affected new growth or just let it go?
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hoosierbanana
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Posted 1454539498
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I read that you looked with a magnifying glass, but chances are that it is not strong enough to see fig bud mites. They are microscopic, the literature says use at least 30x. At 40x they are visible but still too small to make out many features, it is mostly movement that gives them away. They are not shaped like typical mites either, they are elongated and blend into the forest of trichomes on the undersides of young leaves, for scale, their bodies are about as long as those trichomes are wide.
thepodpiper
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Posted 1454547213
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Thanks hb, I had to break out the 100x plant microscope. Didn't see anything but will look better tomorrow.
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