Milder broad mite and cyclamen mite infestations can be treated with miticide, insecticide or horticultural oil, as long as you’re diligent about applying these to the entirety of the plant.

Cyclamen need temperatures on the cool side: between 50 to 70°F, so place it in the coolest room of your house. However, keep ...

* The most unusual treatment for cyclamen mites was not particularly directed toward African violets. The treatment is to submerge the infested plants in warm (110 degree) water for 15 to 30 minutes.

Cyclamen mites are the likely culprit. The mites attack a variety of houseplants. Besides African violets and cyclamens, these include begonias and kalanchoes.

The Garden Doctors give tips on apricot pruning, dealing with pests to keep your plants happy and caring for Chilean lily-of-the-valley trees. Joan N. writes: My cyclamen are dying back since the ...

Q: I am hoping you can give me a diagnosis on my ailing African violets. All of them were doing fine and then suddenly last winter 90 percent of them developed something at the crown. None of the e… ...

Cyclamen are tuberous plants with attractive heart-shaped leave ... Check the leaves, top and bottom, for signs of pests. Some common pests would be scale, spider mites and white flies. ...

The genus cyclamen is a member of the primrose family with an estimated 20 species, but it is the florists’ potted indoor cyclamen, often called Christmas cyclamen, that is perhaps most famil… ...

ON November 21, 1935, a number of cyclamen flowers were received from a nursery near Exeter, and were found to be heavily infested with Tarsonemus pallidus, Banks, which was causing injury typical ...

Here's how to minimize spread of spider mites and cabbage loopers in your garden. ... Plant pansies, violas, stocks, spinach, plumeria and cyclamen now that the weather has cooled.