Please help!
I'm struggling to keep my violets alive after they've started developing these brown spots on the leaves and white fuzz on the center stems.
Is there any way I can fix this?
You might want to look up mealy bugs. Those little cotton looking sons of a bitches need to die forever. And they are hard to get rid of. I was only ever able to do something to get rid of them by using systemic pesticides. A big harsh but i needed to go nuclear.
And get it away from any other plants you might have. Wipe down the area its taken from with alcohol.
Quarantine it and begin treatment as soon as possible.
ComfortableBug9558
You have at least a couple of things going on there. The spots are probably from water droplets remaining on the leaves. I agree with the previous poster that there are mealies in the crown. The crown is dead. That is the point of growth of AV’S. You need to restart this plant with a few leaf cuttings. Just put the leaves in a mason jar with a bit of dish soap and shake well then rinse with lukewarm water to get rid of the mealies. Then propagate in the unusual way.
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You might want to look up mealy bugs. Those little cotton looking sons of a bitches need to die forever. And they are hard to get rid of. I was only ever able to do something to get rid of them by using systemic pesticides. A big harsh but i needed to go nuclear.
And get it away from any other plants you might have. Wipe down the area its taken from with alcohol.
Quarantine it and begin treatment as soon as possible.
You have at least a couple of things going on there. The spots are probably from water droplets remaining on the leaves. I agree with the previous poster that there are mealies in the crown. The crown is dead. That is the point of growth of AV’S. You need to restart this plant with a few leaf cuttings. Just put the leaves in a mason jar with a bit of dish soap and shake well then rinse with lukewarm water to get rid of the mealies. Then propagate in the unusual way.