CameraGuy thought he’d killed our fruit tree—but the real culprit was something much smaller. If you’ve got a plant you think is beyond saving, this video is for you. You’ll see what it was, what went wrong, the expert advice that changed everything, as well as how we treated it and saved it.
👉 Stick around until the end—you won’t believe the comeback.
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0:00 Hi everyone!
0:05 CameraGuy thought he killed it
00:32 Expert advice that changed everything
01:39 Back up plan
03:47 One month later—an unbelievable turnaround
04:12 The treatment plan in action
05:16 New cuttings—did any survive?
06:16 Jerry’s relief + closing thoughts
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What’s the closest call you’ve had in the garden—when you thought a plant was done for, but brought it back? 🌱 Share your story below! -CaliKim & CameraGuy
Will takedown work on all scale types? I had a terrible brown scale infestation on my indoor citrus last winter.
wow that sounded like a close one I am glad you were able to save your passion fruits vine I have heard of scale but I have never seen It until now and just to think Jerry thought he had killed It I have felt like that lots of times In my garden
Congratulations 🎉
I've heard of scale, but never actually seen it in action. This is good info. Thanks for the video AND glad that you found the problem!!!
Have you all ever spotted a wild animal in your gardening and y'all going to plant a tree to remember max
Phew! So glad you are such careful Plant Mom n Pop
Loved to watch your video mam calikim
Hello, glad your passion fruit is coming back. They can really get big. If it’s along a fence make sure there is plenty of space to walk by with camera equipment etc….
I’ve never heard of a passion fruit Tree 😂
Glad to hear your passion fruit recovered and some of your cuttings made it! Probably put one of the cuttings along side of the fence.
I used to get that on my lemon tree. Id put on gloves and use alcohol on a rag to wipe them off. Long gone now.
Eww, scale looks so gross. I'm glad you were able to identify the issue and that the passion vine is bouncing back. I learned something new from seeing your cuttings and that's to take multiple cuttings because some will fail. I'm glad you at least had one root for you.
Ants farm them like they do aphids. The one time I had scale on a plant, it also had ants.