you can use diluted rubbing alcohol to suffocate and wipe them off with paper towel, but this is a pretty bad infestation and the leaves won’t go back to green. I would probably toss it.
dobgreath
It is indeed scale.
scarahk
!scale
RutabagaPhysical9238
Scale, as others have said. I feel like these always have scale. Particularly if they’re from Lowe’s, Home Depot, etc.
DonutWhole9717
I use systemic granules on my plants and it really helps with such things
Gullible-Lie2494
Do you’re self a favour. Chuck it in an outside bin now! You will never clear it. They will keep coming back and back and back and back.
-DragonEnergy-
I once got a Palm from Lowe’s not realizing it was infested. It then infested some of my other plants. I’ve read palms are notorious for bugs – I’ll never get another one again!
Lopsided-Flow-9957
Have a funeral. Poor baby is infested.
Superb_Temporary9893
You can spray it off with a hose quite easily.
WritPositWrit
Yes, scale, they are harmful and highly contagious to any other houseplants you have.
newstuffishard
I would spray and wipe it with isopropyl alcohol and leave it outside away from other plants and check on it every couple days and repeat alcohol if needed. If you live where it is still cold out then probably just toss it.
thebeatnikbeauty
Scale
Golgiasp
Dear god
Orcishpeanut
You need insecticidal soap and insecure granules. And to wipe them all of with isopropyl. That many things a LOT AND ID JUST TOSS IT UNFORTUNATELY
Plantsareluv
That’s A LOT of scale bugs. Def doing harm. Scrape them off
Da_2ndAmendment_Dad
If its from lowes they have a policy on plants you can return them and get a new one within a year if they die or have issues
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Scale. They are bugs
Nutrient problem or a fungus. Hope for the first, do research and use the correct spray if it’s the second. [Here is a link](https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/palm-diseases-nutritional-problems/) to a site about the specific problems you may be experiencing
you can use diluted rubbing alcohol to suffocate and wipe them off with paper towel, but this is a pretty bad infestation and the leaves won’t go back to green. I would probably toss it.
It is indeed scale.
!scale
Scale, as others have said. I feel like these always have scale. Particularly if they’re from Lowe’s, Home Depot, etc.
I use systemic granules on my plants and it really helps with such things
Do you’re self a favour. Chuck it in an outside bin now! You will never clear it. They will keep coming back and back and back and back.
I once got a Palm from Lowe’s not realizing it was infested. It then infested some of my other plants. I’ve read palms are notorious for bugs – I’ll never get another one again!
Have a funeral. Poor baby is infested.
You can spray it off with a hose quite easily.
Yes, scale, they are harmful and highly contagious to any other houseplants you have.
I would spray and wipe it with isopropyl alcohol and leave it outside away from other plants and check on it every couple days and repeat alcohol if needed. If you live where it is still cold out then probably just toss it.
Scale
Dear god
You need insecticidal soap and insecure granules. And to wipe them all of with isopropyl. That many things a LOT AND ID JUST TOSS IT UNFORTUNATELY
That’s A LOT of scale bugs. Def doing harm. Scrape them off
If its from lowes they have a policy on plants you can return them and get a new one within a year if they die or have issues