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Mar 20, 2015 9:20 AM CST
Name: Sue
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muffin said:I seem to have tiny, pests, on my sweet potato vines (in the house).Look like tiny drips of moisture on the leaves mainly, both top and bottom.


I'm just wondering whether we've got the right pest (spider mites) since they're on the tops of the leaves as well as the undersides. Typically spider mites are on the undersides. Is there any webbing on the leaves, especially the undersides? You'd likely need magnification to clearly see webbing and mites.

Also, tiny drips of moisture on plants can be what's called "guttation", which is not from a pest although I'd expect that to be more concentrated on the leaf edges. I Googled for pictures of sweet potato with guttation and didn't find any, but did find this which is rather interesting, does this look similar?:
http://beyondthehumaneye.blogs...

As already suggested, a picture would really help.

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