Mealy Bugs
New growth can appear distorted, leaves can be covered with a sticky substance (called honeydew) and white or grey cottony looking mealybugs can cluster on stems, leaves and around leaf bases.
Yates Nature's Way Vegie & Herb Spray
A soap based spray made that controls insects and mites on home grown vegetables, herbs, fruit and ornamental plants.
Lack of flowers
Solution
Apply the above fertiliser containing high potassium levels to encourage flowering, move the plant to a brighter position.
Strong light, Low humidity and/or underwatering, Overfertilising.
Leaves with brown tips and/or leaf margins
Solution
Increase the humidity in room, particularly if it is artificially heated, by misting the leaves daily with water, alternatively rest the pot on gravel within a saucer of water; Water more regularly ; Reduce the frequency of fertiliser.
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