Keeping indoor plants and flowers in the wrong conditions puts your green pets at risk. With improper care and cultivation, they weaken and start to get sick, become more vulnerable to parasites and pests.
Factors causing plant pathogens
Of the reasons associated with the inhibition of the plant, there is a lack or oversaturation of the green pet with moisture, light, heat, nutrients, acidity of the substrate. There are a number of other reasons that cause diseases of indoor flowers. Familiarize yourself with the main causes and emerging diseases of indoor plants.
Plant diseases caused by improper care
Parasites and infections are not the only foci of disease in domestic plants. There are a number of diseases of living plants that can be caused by improper care.
Feeding
Due to the lack of certain vitamins, macro- or microelements in the soil, plants suffer from non-parasitic diseases. The deterioration of the plant condition caused by suchway, is not transmitted from one representative to another and is easily eliminated by providing the necessary growing conditions.
Humidity
Due to the unfavorable microclimate, deterioration and some diseases of indoor plants occur. So, for most representatives of home flora with low air humidity:
- leaves wither and fall;
- darken and dry the tips and edges of the leaves, buds and flowers;
- corking of stems and leaf plates occurs.
Irrigation
Incorrect watering can also provoke a number of diseases. Excess moisture leads to acidification of the substrate, as a result of which the normal vital activity of the plant is disrupted. As a result, difficulty in breathing of the root system, leading to decay and poor absorption of substances. At the same time, a he althy plant acquires an unusual color, the leaves become stained, and the stems at the base begin to rot. Look at the photo of the disease of a houseplant. How to deal with such a problem? Follow the flower watering system.
Lighting system
Incorrect lighting often contributes to painful manifestations in indoor plants. So, lack of light can contribute to the formation of an irregular crown. If the leaves begin to lighten and fall off as a result, then the flower does not receive enough light. If it turned out to be impossible in principle to organize light of natural origin in the norm, fill the plant's need forartificial source.
Remember that too much sun is just as dangerous as too little. Burns may appear on the leaves, the leaf plates become covered with dry spots, the tips dry out. The right lighting system is one of the tips on how to deal with indoor plant diseases.
Temperature conditions
Temperature for each representative of the flora is an important factor, especially for those plants that are grown by flower growers on the windowsill.
At low temperatures, the leaves fall off and die, sometimes the flower dies completely. Those plants that suffer from high temperatures begin to wither and also shed their leaves.
Painful manifestations in plants and their causes
Read in the table below why plants suffer from non-parasitic diseases and what can lead to diseases in houseplants.
| Painful Manifestation | The reason the plant got weak |
|
Old leaves turn yellow |
Macronutrients and nitrogen are deficient. Lack of light in spring and winter. Excessively high temperature, especially at night. |
| Tips of leaves turn yellow |
Excess calcium in the substrate. Dry soil. |
| Leaves turn yellow-brown | Water for irrigation containsexcessive amounts of calcium and chlorine. |
| The plant turned yellow completely |
Overwetting the soil. Chronic lack of moisture. Heavy substrate. Dense earth com. Low air humidity. |
| Sagging leaves, loss of turgor, shedding of he althy foliage |
Irrigation with cold water. The water contains a high concentration of s alt. Violation of the temperature regime of the plant. Cold storage; Copper deficiency. |
| Foliage curls, wrinkles, interveinal chlorosis observed | Hypercooling. |
| Premature leaf aging | Lack of potassium, magnesium, zinc. |
| Deformation of leaf plates, twisting along veins | Infestation with aphids, aphids, thrips. |
| Light spots on leaves |
Sunlight burn. Traces of water drops. Reaction to a cold environment. |
| Formation of brown, oily, gray-white spots on foliage |
Leaf nematodes. Fungal or bacterial diseases. |
| Dark green leaf spot |
Nitrogen overload. Lack of lighting. |
| Dashed mosaic or mottling | Virus infection. |
| White, pale green, yellow foliage with green veins | Deficiency of Cu, Fe, S. |
| Partly dry brown spots and glassy discharge on leaves |
Increased humidity level. The problem is waterlogged substrate. Stale air. Low room temperature. Development of fungal diseases. |
| Small pricks or specks on sheets | Infestation by pests: mites, thrips, aphids. |
| Corned edges and holes in leaves |
Beetles, slugs, caterpillars. Development of fungal diseases. |
| No or little bud formation |
Inadequate plant conditions during dormancy. Unfavorable ratio of light and temperature. Nitrogen overload. Insufficient indoor humidity. Diseases and pests of indoor plants. |
| Sudden fall of leaves |
Sudden temperature jump. Drying of the earthy coma. Fungal diseases. Bacterial wilt. |
| Flowering buds |
May be triggered by extreme temperature fluctuations, such as ventilation. Low air humidity. Drying soil in a pot. Not enough light. Unbalanced top dressing. Nitrogen overload. |
| Yellowing and leaf fall |
Irregular and not systematic watering. Drafts. Excessive temperature in low room light. |
| Flowers fade |
Drying the substrate. Total plant starvation. Nitrogen overload. |
| Formation of short peduncles |
Incorrect plant nutrition. Unsuitable substrate. Total flower starvation. Irregular watering. Temperature fluctuations. Violation of housing standards during the dormant period. Excess heat during bud formation and growth. |
| Leaves are covered with powdery white bloom |
Powdery mildew. Peronosporosis. |
Bacteriosis in plants
Bacteriosis is a disease of indoor plants caused by bacterial forms. Today, it is rare in indoor plants, but it is better to know in advance about the symptoms of invasion and methods for eliminating the disease.
Remember that not only garden and garden crops suffer from bacteriosis, but also flower houseplants. Alliums are the most commonly affected by this disease, and if they are sick, they take a huge toll from the infection. Interestingly, when affected by this diseasein cultures of different species, the symptoms appear the same, and the disease itself proceeds with the withering of the plant or the appearance of spotting and rot on the leaves. Sometimes there is blackening of the veins of the leaves. This is how the disease of the leaves of a houseplant manifests itself.
A typical sign of the disease is the withering of the plant and the appearance of rot and spotting on the leaves, blackening of the veins of the leaves.
Most often, plants that are kept in damp, warm rooms suffer from bacterial spotting.
Gommoz
Citrus fruits often get sick. The bark of the trunks is covered with brown-red spots of a longitudinal shape. With the development of the disease in places of damage, the bark dies, and from under the cracks a sticky yellowish liquid begins to ooze - gum, which dries in the air.
Sometimes the course of the disease occurs without fluid leakage. So, in places of damage, the bark becomes dry, but it does not peel off. As a result, deep cracks form in this houseplant disease. The photo illustrates what the disease looks like.
Under the influence of gommosis, the plant begins to change the color of the foam leaves from greenish to yellowish, and then lose them. Fruit formation is observed, but they are very small.
Chlorosis in houseplants
With a lack of elements such as zinc, manganese, iron in the substrate, plants begin to suffer from leaf chlorosis. Sometimes a violation of the absorption process of these elements, in most ofsoils with excessive liming can cause the development of the disease. In the photo, a disease of the leaves of indoor plants caused by a lack of minerals.
As a result of the disease, the undersides of the leaf blades turn yellow and die as a result. With chlorosis, there is a slow development of plant organs such as buds, leaves, stems, and the root system.
Root rot
Root rot is a common plant disease. The main difference between root rot and other diseases is the property of destruction of tissue cells, which inevitably leads to decay of the root system. See how this houseplant disease sets in in the photo below.
Roots usually turn brown and eventually die off completely. After the root system has died, the disease spreads rapidly, actively killing the cells of the leaves and flowers of plants. So, root rot is a disease that causes the complete death of a flower.
Diseases and pests of indoor plants: prevention and protection methods
No matter how you care for your plant, efforts and efforts may be in vain if the indoor flower is affected by pests, provoking diseases.
Green plant suffers for many reasons, and not all of them can be explained. The most common cause of infection is the transfer of diseases and harmful insects from one representative of the fauna to another, for example, whenbuying a plant.
Another reason is the latent state of the infection inside its host.
In favorable conditions for pests (with a warm microclimate in your room or improper care), diseases and pests develop and manifest themselves. The first reason plants suffer is more common.
So how to treat houseplant diseases and help save any green pets? One of the most popular and effective methods among flower growers is the preventive disinfection of flowers. As many gardeners and gardeners say, prevention is much more useful and better than cure. After all, it is better to prevent a problem in advance than to deal with problems later.
Prophylaxis methods consist in spraying plants and flowers with a weak solution of a fungicide or insecticide according to the scheme - 1 time in 20 days in the warm season.
Of the plant treatment products, 90% are chemicals that can be dangerous to the plant and its surrounding living organisms if the product is used incorrectly. Therefore, when planning to carry out prevention for green friends, choose one of the safest options.
It's not for nothing that the proverb sounds so loudly: "Forewarned - forearmed!". Prevention is the best protection for indoor plants from disease.
Carefully inspecting home plants at least once a week, taking preventive measures, seriously treating sick representatives, be sure that guaranteed protection is provided to youryour favorite indoor plants.
