Spider web on a rose: which pest is involved and what is its feature

Unfortunately, almost every fan of planting plants and flowers has encountered pests. A spider web on a rose is one of the most frequent occurrences. It causes a spider mite, it is these insects that pose the greatest danger to the life of these beautiful plants. Remember, a spider web on a rose and drying leaves is not a sentence. It is important to detect and take measures in time to destroy the pest, if done on time, the plant can be saved, and it will grow intensively, delighting you with its sophisticated beauty.

Appearance of a spider mite and signs of infection of a plant

In appearance, it is a small insect with a rounded body covered with setae and varied color. You can see them on the bottom of the leaves, on the ground or on the window frame. Females are significantly larger than males in size. This type of pest multiplies rapidly and has the ability to move from one plant to another. An adult female can lay several hundred eggs on a single rose. Eggs have special survivability and can be found in various secluded places for up to five years.
The first signs of pest life are small white dots and minor damage to the foliage, further spots increase in size, the affected areas of the flower completely change color. Rosebuds become smaller and more inconspicuous. Spider mites pierce the leaves of the plant and feed on its juice, which leads to its gradual withering and drying.

The web on home roses is also a sign of the life of pests, it can contain a large number of insects, because ticks prefer to stay in groups. With the advanced form of the disease, the flower can become completely covered with cobwebs.

A warning! The spider mite, in addition to eating plant cells, depriving it of vitality, is also a carrier of various infections, such as gray rot and others.

The reasons for the appearance of a tick on a room rose

Often, caring housewives contain indoor plants in warm and dry climates, mistakenly thinking that such conditions are most favorable for plants. But in fact, such an environment promotes the appearance and active reproduction of a spider mite, which in a short period of time can be massively dispersed on all plants located next to the affected one. That is, the main cause of the pest is dry air and high ambient temperature. That is why plants most often fall ill during the heating season and in dry, hot summers.

Insects also infect plants that are not properly cared for. For example, a room rose in the vegetative period is in great need of moisture and if this is not done, then there is a risk of being hit by a tick. Insects primarily affect weakened roses, lacking immunity and suffering from a lack of nutrients.But excessive fertilizer, improper watering, lack of sunlight also increase the risk of pests. Therefore, knowing how to properly care for flowers and creating a certain climate, you can avoid the appearance of a spider mite. But if nevertheless it was not possible to avoid infection, it is important to quickly begin an effective fight against parasites.

Destruction methods

Fighting a spider mite is quite difficult, therefore, measures for its extermination should be comprehensive. It is good, for example, to combine chemicals with folk. A pre-infected plant must be cleaned with special care using soapy water and abundantly watered, this will significantly reduce the number of insects.

Then use the funds, depending on the degree of infection.

Folk methods

If the damage to the plant is not too big, you can try to do with folk remedies for combating ticks:

• Finely chop two heads of garlic and pour a liter of water, insist for five days. Before spraying, dilute the solution with the same amount of water;
• Pour one hundred grams of onion peel with five liters of water and insist for five days. Then strain the solution and spray it with the plant several times until the pests completely disappear;
• Periodically rinse the foliage of plants with water and soap or Fairy - for this you need to put the plant in a bath and soap it with soap, sponge leaves, twigs, a pot and a tray, the earth also needs to be sprayed with soapy water, but not spill, so as not to get to the roots. Do not wash off the foam for 3-4 hours, but not longer, then rinse well and cover the flower with a bag for a day;
• Chop a few tubers of cyclamen and cook for 40 minutes, then wrap and insist for a day. This infusion process flowers several times a week;
• Alcohol - wipe the leaves of the plant, the tick will be destroyed, but you can’t destroy the eggs in this way;
• The roots of medicinal dandelion in the amount of 30 grams are crushed and poured with a liter of water. Insist for three hours. Spray a damaged rose several times;
• Biological struggle with the help of predatory insects, who are not averse to feasting on a spider mite. Such insects include: phytoseyulus, amblyseus of California and mackenzie, metaseyulus and ordinary goldilocks. You can buy them in specialized stores or greenhouses. In one day, one predator eats up to five spider mites or ten eggs, so the more predators, the faster it will be possible to get rid of pests.

Chemical methods

Now there are many chemicals that allow you to quickly get rid of the cobweb on a room rose and the pests that create it. The main ones are acaricides: Neoron, Fitovern and Actellik. These tools can help you get rid of harmful insects in less than a week.

• Actellic is the most effective and toxic agent. Therefore, when processing, you need to wear gloves, covered clothing and a mask. Use the drug in a well-ventilated place.
• Photootherm is less toxic and can also be processed indoors, but the effectiveness of the product remains high. Within five days after treatment, the tick must be completely exterminated. Despite its lower toxicity, precautions are also important when working with this drug.
• Neoron - perfectly destroys adult ticks and their larvae. For the complete extermination of insects, at least two plant treatments are required.

Advice! After processing the rose, you can put a large bag on it and leave it for up to two days, a humid environment will destroy the ticks that survived, hiding in the ground. It is important to process and close not only the plant, but also the pot with the tray. Also, after getting rid of the tick, it is necessary to wash the windowsill and windows with soapy water or wipe with alcohol, wash the curtains.

Since the use of chemicals is most effective against adult insects and already hatched larvae, and laid eggs are not so easy to destroy, treatment by any means should be carried out 2-3 times.

All the methods described above are applied if the rose is covered with cobwebs in winter or late autumn. In the warm season, if possible, it will be easier to plant it in open ground, where ants and their other enemies will deal with pests. And fresh air, sunlight and rain will become the best healers from the spider mite.

Preventative measures

To prevent the appearance of a tick, the most important thing is to systematically and competently care for plants, maintain a certain temperature and humidity in the room. Periodically spray flowers with spray water, monitor for sufficient watering and top dressing. All this supports plant immunity and pest resistance. Permanently remove dry, spoiled leaves and buds, inspect plants for insects in them. Pay special attention to inspection in the autumn, when infection most often occurs. The sooner you find pests, the easier it will be to destroy them and the less damage to plants will be done. Now you know what to do if a web has appeared on a rose and you can effectively destroy the cause.