Well, they were once flourishing now I'm noticing things that weren't there when I bought them!
Pulled out the wife's professional camera and got some great pictures that I posted below.
1st. Is it a spider mite or just a regular spider? He/she has a good small web you can see and had some other single webs going from stem to stem and even from plant to other plant.
2nd. What is the cause of these leaf distortions? Some look like something is eating them, some look like it was scratched by something and some just look plain old deformed.
3rd. Is all that white and brown crusty stuff normal in the stem to stock area? Others have black crusty stuff.
4th. A few leaves look like a snail or slug just traveled across the leaves.
5th. Couldn't get a good picture but I have some house hold ants that love to eat or (just plain chill out) right at where the stem meets the stock. After about 20 seconds they walk down the stock and then vanish in the soil.
If it is spider mites how do I safely get rid of them? If not a spider mite how do I safely remove it and not damage the plant
Is the deformed and distortion leaves a lack of fertilizer? (I've put some Osmocote in a few inches of the top of soil when I repotted them)
Is there possibly some other bugs or spiders I can't see doing something to my plumerias?
I thought ants liked sugar? what are they doing on my plumerias?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
