I got this at the end of last summer and kept it on the windowsill in the kitchen. It bloomed nonstop until the end of winter this year. Every once in a while I noticed little spider webs on it and thought they were really cute. Still not realizing these were spider mites slowly sucking the life from my plant, I moved it outside in the spring to get more sun hoping this would help. Eventually I read in one of my books what was causing the problem and majorly pruned it back (which should have been done before spring). Every day I spray this plant from the side with a really heavy water flow to wash off any spider mites that have come back. It is doing so much better now and I'm anxiously waiting to see if it will bloom this summer.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Miniature Rose Bush...
I got this at the end of last summer and kept it on the windowsill in the kitchen. It bloomed nonstop until the end of winter this year. Every once in a while I noticed little spider webs on it and thought they were really cute. Still not realizing these were spider mites slowly sucking the life from my plant, I moved it outside in the spring to get more sun hoping this would help. Eventually I read in one of my books what was causing the problem and majorly pruned it back (which should have been done before spring). Every day I spray this plant from the side with a really heavy water flow to wash off any spider mites that have come back. It is doing so much better now and I'm anxiously waiting to see if it will bloom this summer.
