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Post by meyergirl on Jun 6, 2020 20:21:38 GMT -5
Hello Folks, I joined this forum because many people mentioned you could probably help. I have had two Meyer lemon trees/bushes for quite a few years now. I live in southern Colorado. In the beginning I had the two Meyer trees in pots in my greenhouse. Twice they got aphids which I was able to take care of. They didn't do well in the greenhouse during the winter and because of the aphid issues I decided to bring them inside my house. They are by a window and I give them fertilizer every 3 months along with my other indoor plants. I have noticed they have some type of worms which sometimes have turned into moths. Basically they look sickly. I wish to remain organic on how to deal with this. Does anyone have any solutions for me?
So very much appreciated, Meyergirl
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Post by david on Jun 7, 2020 7:35:33 GMT -5
Hi Meyergirl & welcome to the forum. In order to remain non chemical you can use horticulture oil or Spinosid to get rid of your pest. Without a picture of the worms/moths its hard for me to tell what pest you have. From your description it sounds like you might have a coddling moth infestation. The two all natural cures I mentioned will take care of most problems. As long as you have open windows & a warm moist greenhouse environment ye shall have a few pest.....let us know how it goes.....lots of knowledge here.....nice folks and interaction......😁
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Post by meyergirl on Jun 9, 2020 20:53:17 GMT -5
Hi Meyergirl & welcome to the forum. In order to remain non chemical you can use horticulture oil or Spinosid to get rid of your pest. Without a picture of the worms/moths its hard for me to tell what pest you have. From your description it sounds like you might have a coddling moth infestation. The two all natural cures I mentioned will take care of most problems. As long as you have open windows & a warm moist greenhouse environment ye shall have a few pest.....let us know how it goes.....lots of knowledge here.....nice folks and interaction......😁 Hi David, Thank you for welcoming me and for your very helpful reply to my Meyer dilemma. Actually I haven't seen one of the worms for some time now. I would suppose if I dug way down into the dirt I might find one. So I wasn't able to show a picture of them. They are pretty small and only once did I actually see a moth which at that time, I had seen worms and assumed that was the reason for the moth. The Meyer trees (if you want to call them that) poor things don't seem to want to keep many of their leaves either. They get yellow and drop. But it's so amazing how they want to keep trying to produce lemons.
I will check out your suggestions and get to work on helping these poor trees.
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