Common diseases and pests of Broken Bowl Flower and their control methods

Common diseases of broken bowl flower: Anthracnose

Symptoms

Anthracnose is an important disease that harms foliage flowers and is a fungal disease. It often occurs in hot and humid seasons, especially the hot and humid rainy season, and can also be caused by excessive application of nitrogen fertilizer.

In the early stage of the disease, small brown spots appear on the leaves, which then expand into round or oval shapes. The spots gradually dry up, and in severe cases the entire plant is infected.

Prevention and treatment methods

First of all, open the windows for ventilation to reduce indoor air temperature and humidity. Then spray with 1000 times diluted 70% methyl thiophanate wettable powder, or spray 70% methyl thiophanate 60% anthrax, fumei, multi-bacterium, etc. to prevent the disease from spreading further.

Common diseases of broken bowl flower: leaf spot

Symptoms

The pathogen infects the leaves, and the spots on the leaves are circular, which later expand into large irregular spots and produce ring patterns. The spots change from reddish brown to dark brown with gray-brown in the center.

Prevention and treatment methods

Remove diseased leaves and add pesticides for prevention and control. Clear the diseased leaf parts promptly and spray the pesticide. The pesticide can be 1000 times diluted 50% thiophanate.

Common pests of broken bowl flower: cottony scale

Pest symptoms

They often gather on leaf buds, young shoots and new shoots to cause damage. In severe cases, the leaves turn yellow and the branches wither, resulting in the death of the entire branch or plant. Even if some branches and leaves remain, they will become gray and black due to sooty mold caused by their excrement, seriously affecting their ornamental value.

Prevention and treatment methods

Check at any time, pinch out the female insects and egg sacs with your hands or tweezers, or cut off the infested branches and leaves.

During the migration period of newly hatched nymphs, you can spray 1000 times diluted 40% oxydemeton-methyl, 1000 times diluted 50% fenitrothion, or 400-600 times diluted ordinary laundry detergent, once every 2 weeks or so, and spray 3-4 times in a row.

The editor here wants to tell you that there are very few people who raise the Broken Bowl Flower, but the editor grew up in the countryside, and the Broken Bowl Flower is still very common. The diseases and pests are also sorted out by the editor based on memory, recalling the plant morphology, and according to the symptoms. I hope that flower lovers will consult more professionals who have cared for broken bowl flowers when caring for them.