Oooh boy. You have a really bad case of mealy bugs. Fire would be a good way to fix it.
For real, that poor plant is on the struggle bus as is. It may best to put it out of its misery.
Accomplished_Walk964
Mealy bugs!
BurntToastero
Gonna say š¶THIS PLANTS ON FIRE!š¶š Totally don’t need to do the same to my Goldfish plant with mealy bugs. Already killed half my collection trying to get rid of these mother f.
To try and save it what ya need to do is: Grab a cap full of rubbing alcohol and dilute it with a bowl of water. Then spend the next lifetime with several too many q-tips and scrub that mother f everywhere. Get all that white gunk out. Then dunk the whole plant root ball and all into a bucket of diluted insecticidal soap and let it sit for a while. After that rinse it off, let it dry off, repot, and treat it with fertilome triple action plus each week with watering. Spray first then water to let the spray get down into the soil and do it’s thing. Make sure you also spray the leaves but don’t let it drip. More so, look very closely at all your plants after doing this. This shit spreads and doesn’t go away. I’m still experimenting for my own problems but so far I’ve been successful. You do this or have a trash can funeral service for your plant. Your choice. I’ve done both BTW.
Gullible-Desk9809
If you truly want to try and save it, cut it back some so thereās not so much space for the mealy bugs to get into. Youāll want to change the soil and add some systemic granules into the new soil. Give it a good rinse in the shower with a little dawn dish soap before changing soil. Take isopropyl alcohol and a q tip and try and wipe off every bug you see. Get under the leaves too. You can either do neem and peppermint spray and add a little isopropyl alcohol or make Paige Tailyns sexy plant juice spray which is 2 cups water, 2TBSP neem oil, 1TBSP peppermint Castile soap and 1TSP isopropyl alcohol. Iāve done both sprays and they work great. When you spray the plant, DRENCH it in this spray mixture until itās dripping and keep away from any light for a day or so because the neem can burn leaves if under light. Keep the plant in quarantine for at least 2-4 weeks after seeing zero pests. Iāve had mealy bug infestations and these methods work!!
BitEnvironmental283
When my miniature rose got covered with them, I just kinda gave it an āartificial monsoonā. Hosed that baby down like crazy, rubbed some off, hosed more. But also had it outside and think my wasp friends helped munch them.
a_fizzle_sizzle
Water + lavander Dr Bronners + a few drops of peppermint in a spray bottle. Spray generously.
zesty_meatballs
Mealie bugs š
lightlysaltedclams
I used rubbing alcohol and q tips to clean each leaf of my plants that had it. I did this every couple days for 1-3 weeks and they disappeared. Never had then since
Sweet_Click_4622
In Australia we call it spider mites. Immediate remove it from any other potted plants. Head to bunnings for a good treatment. Wipe down back and front of leaves and all stems. Repeat after a couple of days to get any that have hatched. Evil things. I lost most of houseplants to these during 2020
Hiriajuu
exorcism seems to be the most appropriate route at this point
alliraee13
my poor pothos has been battling these guys for months š iām just finally starting to not find them. itās that crevice between the stems and the vine that they love to hang out still, and in the new growth. I tried to just use apple cider vinegar at first but it was too bad, I threw it in my bathtub and drowned the entire plant, roots and all. lots of neem oil. spot treating with rubbing alcohol. at one point I filled a spray bottle with diluted rubbing alcohol and just went to town on the crevice of every leaf lol good luck!! if you donāt have a ton of patience or you arenāt super attached you may want to just take a few cuttings and treat those and toss the rest
fire_and_glitter
Let us bow our heads in prayerā¦ āDear Heavenly Fatherā¦ we give thanks for the life of this plant. A quiet soul who brought beauty and peace to that porch. May its spirit return to the earth. Amenā¦ā
*queue amazing grace*
TheGreenestEyes
they’re really easy to get rid of on the green of the plant with some watered down rubbing alcohol to about 50%, then wipe them off with a qtip. the soil is a bit different. the soil usually either needs to be treated with a bit of that mixture once every two weeks, fully drench the soil, may kill the plant, may not, right after watering until you stop seeing the bugs. only treat in the evening because the alcohol mix can cause the sun to burn your plant
Proper-Store-8852
I have a friend who swears by changing the soil washing the mealy bugs off with diluted dish soap and water and then repotting in new soil.
WormMinion
Y’all so dramatic with your: “Funeral for your Pothos, kill the plant”…
DO remove it from your other plants.
Drown the plant with a spray bottle of neem oil.
They are right. The mealy bugs hid in crevices. So be sure to spray each “joint” where you cannot physically reach.
WIPE (with neems oil) where you CAN reach. Front and back of leaves, stem, etc. cotton pads and q tips are your friends.
DasSassyPantzen
As everyone else is saying, mealie bugs. This is just one of the hundreds that can be seen in your pics; nasty little creatures, they are.:
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Oooh boy. You have a really bad case of mealy bugs. Fire would be a good way to fix it.
For real, that poor plant is on the struggle bus as is. It may best to put it out of its misery.
Mealy bugs!
Gonna say š¶THIS PLANTS ON FIRE!š¶š Totally don’t need to do the same to my Goldfish plant with mealy bugs. Already killed half my collection trying to get rid of these mother f.
To try and save it what ya need to do is: Grab a cap full of rubbing alcohol and dilute it with a bowl of water. Then spend the next lifetime with several too many q-tips and scrub that mother f everywhere. Get all that white gunk out. Then dunk the whole plant root ball and all into a bucket of diluted insecticidal soap and let it sit for a while. After that rinse it off, let it dry off, repot, and treat it with fertilome triple action plus each week with watering. Spray first then water to let the spray get down into the soil and do it’s thing. Make sure you also spray the leaves but don’t let it drip. More so, look very closely at all your plants after doing this. This shit spreads and doesn’t go away. I’m still experimenting for my own problems but so far I’ve been successful. You do this or have a trash can funeral service for your plant. Your choice. I’ve done both BTW.
If you truly want to try and save it, cut it back some so thereās not so much space for the mealy bugs to get into. Youāll want to change the soil and add some systemic granules into the new soil. Give it a good rinse in the shower with a little dawn dish soap before changing soil. Take isopropyl alcohol and a q tip and try and wipe off every bug you see. Get under the leaves too. You can either do neem and peppermint spray and add a little isopropyl alcohol or make Paige Tailyns sexy plant juice spray which is 2 cups water, 2TBSP neem oil, 1TBSP peppermint Castile soap and 1TSP isopropyl alcohol. Iāve done both sprays and they work great. When you spray the plant, DRENCH it in this spray mixture until itās dripping and keep away from any light for a day or so because the neem can burn leaves if under light. Keep the plant in quarantine for at least 2-4 weeks after seeing zero pests. Iāve had mealy bug infestations and these methods work!!
When my miniature rose got covered with them, I just kinda gave it an āartificial monsoonā. Hosed that baby down like crazy, rubbed some off, hosed more. But also had it outside and think my wasp friends helped munch them.
Water + lavander Dr Bronners + a few drops of peppermint in a spray bottle. Spray generously.
Mealie bugs š
I used rubbing alcohol and q tips to clean each leaf of my plants that had it. I did this every couple days for 1-3 weeks and they disappeared. Never had then since
In Australia we call it spider mites. Immediate remove it from any other potted plants. Head to bunnings for a good treatment. Wipe down back and front of leaves and all stems. Repeat after a couple of days to get any that have hatched. Evil things. I lost most of houseplants to these during 2020
exorcism seems to be the most appropriate route at this point
my poor pothos has been battling these guys for months š iām just finally starting to not find them. itās that crevice between the stems and the vine that they love to hang out still, and in the new growth. I tried to just use apple cider vinegar at first but it was too bad, I threw it in my bathtub and drowned the entire plant, roots and all. lots of neem oil. spot treating with rubbing alcohol. at one point I filled a spray bottle with diluted rubbing alcohol and just went to town on the crevice of every leaf lol good luck!! if you donāt have a ton of patience or you arenāt super attached you may want to just take a few cuttings and treat those and toss the rest
Let us bow our heads in prayerā¦ āDear Heavenly Fatherā¦ we give thanks for the life of this plant. A quiet soul who brought beauty and peace to that porch. May its spirit return to the earth. Amenā¦ā
*queue amazing grace*
they’re really easy to get rid of on the green of the plant with some watered down rubbing alcohol to about 50%, then wipe them off with a qtip. the soil is a bit different. the soil usually either needs to be treated with a bit of that mixture once every two weeks, fully drench the soil, may kill the plant, may not, right after watering until you stop seeing the bugs. only treat in the evening because the alcohol mix can cause the sun to burn your plant
I have a friend who swears by changing the soil washing the mealy bugs off with diluted dish soap and water and then repotting in new soil.
Y’all so dramatic with your: “Funeral for your Pothos, kill the plant”…
DO remove it from your other plants.
Drown the plant with a spray bottle of neem oil.
They are right. The mealy bugs hid in crevices. So be sure to spray each “joint” where you cannot physically reach.
WIPE (with neems oil) where you CAN reach. Front and back of leaves, stem, etc. cotton pads and q tips are your friends.
As everyone else is saying, mealie bugs. This is just one of the hundreds that can be seen in your pics; nasty little creatures, they are.:
https://preview.redd.it/34w3o3tuxige1.jpeg?width=854&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d6e26e6ba28f29f0c869a03e502207b52c78063
Fire is always an option.