I’ve been noticing white patches all over the leaves of my plants lately, I thought they were dust patches or some left over soil marks but they persist even after wiping them off! A large portion of all my plants have this 😫😫 is it mold or some horrible spider mite infestation…. It wipes off fairly easily. Thanks in advance!
by Salty-Investigator96
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Oh that’s mealybug poop.
First my mind was going towards mealybugs aswell, but your plants don´t show any sign for an infestation like this?
Do you have a flower with pollen nearby, like a spatiphyllum or so?
Do you mist your plants or leaf-fertilze (could be residue)?
If all plants show it, than there should be common reason for it, like hard water or too much fertilzer or so?
Some type of pest I believe. I would take and either spray off with the garden hose or shower, treat with a systemic pesticide, and re-pot just to be safe.
Holy god. Add isopropyl alcohol into your wipe downs. Be THOROUGH. Don’t do this under a grow light or in sun, they will burn. Change out the top couple inches of soil if you can’t do full repots. Godspeed.
Spray mist it with a couple drops of dawn dish soap see if that helps.
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