At what point do you toss?

[bil]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

I would toss them. It sounds like this is a continuing issue. I have learned that the only plants worth fussing over are the ones that are either expensive, exceptional or difficult to replace (and valued in the collection). You can always treat yourself to something new.

Spot on. I do think it pays to have an arsenal of chems to hit the plants HARD and fast when the need arises. A good pesticide (I like Imacloprid as a systemic, and Chas 48 as a flamethrower -- ie a contact killer for bad cases) a serious fungicide like Mancozeb powder (which doubles up as a dessicant powder) and a serious mite killer.

I don't mess about with so called natural remedies, because those mostly just buy the bugs time to do real damage.