Hi, everyone! I’m relatively new to plants and would love your feedback. My pink valentine is unwell and I first thought it was because I watered twice with tap water when it should have been distilled/filtered water. Today I saw this critter (3rd photo) and tried to snap photos. Is this thrips? Can the plant be saved? Thanks for your help!
Here’s a close-up…
How often are you watering? I find that people say to keep aglaonema moist but i let mine dry out like 90% of the way, if not fully dry before watering again. I water with tap but the city water in my hometown is pretty dang clean. I’d probably pull it out of the pot to look at the root health.
1 me gustaThanks for responding! I water when dry too and use a moisture meter. Is that some type of critter on the stem?
0 Me gusta I’m not sure to be honest. It doesn’t look like any pests I’ve seen. When’s the last time it was fertilized?
0 Me gustaThose pink varieties were my nemesis in the greenhouse! Easy to over water and yet they don't like to be underwater. I would air on the underwater inside while shooting for evenly moist. Your pesky visitor could very well be a trip but I'm not sure. I would do a preventative treatment of horticultural oil or maybe Captain Jack's. Thrips are often attracted to flowers but still it does look like an early stage of thrips.
1 me gustaThank you for replying! I think it’s thrips too and so does the Planta auto diagnose. I’m so sad! I’m learning the hard way about pink plants. It’s my favorite color, so I love most of them. I have a drama queen pink polka dot too.
0 Me gustaYou should check out the article called "ultimate care guide to indoor varigated plants" at lovethatleaf.com. A long article but very informative
1 me gustaI’ll do that! Thank you!
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