Fiona Critchley-Smyth Staff asked 13 years ago
I received a 3 year old goji berry bush before Christmas. When the cold weather hit I took it into my kitchen. The plant seemed to get confused & thought it was spring as it started to grow leaves.I have kept it beside my kitchen window & I noticed that the leaves are looking a bit wilted. After close scrutiny I saw tiny pale brown spiders & what looked like a miniature whitish insect, something like a mealy bug or a woodlouse, I’m not sure if that’s what it is but it looks a bit like it. There is no bug on the leaves or flowers it just seems to be crawling around in the soil. Could these be normal soil bugs & I’m just a bit over protective about my goji berry bush?I have recently bought a lot of plants from a very reputable garden centre online but unfortunately my last purchase, a forget-me-not tree arrived to me with a disease. These plants haven’t been in touch with each other but could they have infected each other? How can I salvage my goji berry bush?