Indoor Plants

Cause	Symptoms	Treatment
Aphids	Leaves curled, distorted, small insects.	Spray with Malathion, Rogor, Mavrik or Beat-a-Bug natural insecticide.
Botrytis	Brown spots and blotches. Fuzzy grey growth if conditions are humid.	Remove diseased and dead plant parts. Don't grow plants under crowded and damp conditions where there is no air movements and don't splash water on foliage.
Mealybug	White fluffy or waxy insects.	Wipe off leaves where possible and treat with Malathion, Rogor or Beat-a-Bug natural insecticide. Discard severly infested plants as others nearby are likely to become infested as well.
Mites	Leaves yellow and stippled, may fall. Spider webbing may be present.	Control with miticides or insecticides like Rogor or Mavrik. Natural enemy: Ladybird
Powdery Mildew	Faint white spots that gradually enlarge to cover the whole leaf and sometimes the stems.	Control with fungicides such as Mancozeb Plus, Bayleton, Baycor or Benlate.
Scale Insects	Reddish, grey or brown scaly bumps.	Spray with White Oil.

	Cause	Symptoms
	Draughts	Leaves yellow and fall. Leaves curl and fall. Brown tips or edges.
	Too cold	Leaves curl, brown and fall.
	Too hot	Spindly growth even in good light. Flowers are short lived. Lower leaves wilt, brown and fall.
	Not enough humidity	Leaf tips brown and shrivelled, edges yellow, buds and flowers shrivel and fall.
	Not enough water	Leaves curled and spotted, yellowing of lower leaves.
	Too much water	Leaves become limp, possibly some soft areas, poor growth, leaves curl, leaves yellow and wilt, tips may brown.
	Not enough light	Leaves are smaller and paler than normal, turn yellow and fall. Few or no flowers. Spindly growth, long spaces between leaves. Variegated leaves turn green.
	Too much light	Discolored or scorched leaves (usually due to direct sunlight).