A friend gave me a cutting of a jade plant. It has grown, but now it has white "stuff" on its leaves and branches. Could this be a disease? Insect larvae? What should I do about it? The plant is growing in spite of this.
2007-08-26 05:55:17 · 2 answers · asked by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Those are mealy bugs. Get a cotton swab, dip it in rubbing alcohol, and remove the mealy bugs with it. You might want to consider putting some systemic insecticide into the soil to prevent future infestations; it gets into the vascular system of the plant, and whatever ingests tissue from the plant dies pretty quickly. Good luck!
2007-08-26 06:13:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yup you got yourself some mealy bugs there....they can be gotten rid of...
2007-08-26 06:04:56 · answer #2 · answered by MC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋