topic Re: Help for Houseplants in Garden

Help for Houseplants

kittykatmom2 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:19:18 GMT

Some of my houseplants have furry white dots on the leaves. What are they? What should I do?

Re: Help for Houseplants

terrier3 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:28:30 GMT

Those are probably mealy bugs. You can take a q tip, dip it in rubbing alcohol and then touch the white fuzzy thing...it should melt on the spot.

The BEST thing to do is throw away all infected plants ASAP. They are tough to control, but if they are on plants you really like, you can try the alcohol thing...there are also chemicals you can use too.

Re: Help for Houseplants

JustJazzmom — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:34:22 GMT

Mealy bugs-- typical infestation picture:

Re: Help for Houseplants

kittykatmom2 — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 04:07:16 GMT

On 9/20/2014 terrier3 said:
Those are probably mealy bugs. You can take a q tip, dip it in rubbing alcohol and then touch the white fuzzy thing...it should melt on the spot.

The BEST thing to do is throw away all infected plants ASAP. They are tough to control, but if they are on plants you really like, you can try the alcohol thing...there are also chemicals you can use too.

Thanks so much for the info!