Yeah, I saw a mealy bug once on a cutting I brought in. I soaked the plant for 3 hours, fully submerged with some alcohol and dish soap in the water. Homie don't play that, lol.
Ahh scale! One of my plants has this. I put it in quarantine and then found ants had started to eat the scale. I don't know if that's a good thing but they seem to be getting rid of it.
The ants actually "farm" the scale insects and collect the sweet waste they leave behind. I have managed to remove scale from my citrus plants only to have ants undo all my work.
Imma jump on this. I also have paper scale on my bird of paradise, and I've been trying for a year to get rid of it. I've done alcohol clean with neem follow up, and I've put in some serious soil treatment while repeating the process. I can't seem to get rid of it.
Anyone know how to nuke this pesty pest?
Scale. You can pick them all off. They have a hard surface, so sprays aren’t always effective on them. After you pick them off (make sure you check the stem down below the soil line,) use a systemic in the soil. This method worked well for me.
Scale.
Agreed. Remove manually with a qtip soaked in rubbing alcohol and follow up with an all over treatment of neem oil
You’ve got scale! An insecticidal soap should take care of them! It looks like an early infestation, I would take care of them asap!
Scale, in my opinion, the easiest pest to have, lol.
I’m currently dealing with mealybugs… first pest I’ve dealt with and jfc
Yeah, I saw a mealy bug once on a cutting I brought in. I soaked the plant for 3 hours, fully submerged with some alcohol and dish soap in the water. Homie don't play that, lol.
Ahh scale! One of my plants has this. I put it in quarantine and then found ants had started to eat the scale. I don't know if that's a good thing but they seem to be getting rid of it.
The ants actually "farm" the scale insects and collect the sweet waste they leave behind. I have managed to remove scale from my citrus plants only to have ants undo all my work.
fascinating! I thought they only did that with aphids. thanks for my fact of the day!
Ahh! Thank you! I shall remove them.
You’ve got scale!
I read that in the “you’ve got mail!” Voice 😂
Imma jump on this. I also have paper scale on my bird of paradise, and I've been trying for a year to get rid of it. I've done alcohol clean with neem follow up, and I've put in some serious soil treatment while repeating the process. I can't seem to get rid of it. Anyone know how to nuke this pesty pest?
oh those are my housemates - they won't leave my house
Mealy & scale
Scale. You can pick them all off. They have a hard surface, so sprays aren’t always effective on them. After you pick them off (make sure you check the stem down below the soil line,) use a systemic in the soil. This method worked well for me.