Looks like you have a huge scale bug infestation, I would check any other plants for them as well, take any plants with bugs outside, depot and rinse them and the pots really well, I like to spray my new plants roots with a 1-3 water and hydrogen peroxide mix, and wipe down the leaves with the same mix and a paper towel, repot with new soil and keep an eye out for any more bugs
Ok-Neighborhood-7894
scale.
CryptographerDizzy28
😦
bullkelpbuster
I won’t lie, I’d probably just chuck the plant and start heavily monitoring my other plants
non_tox
TheRealMichaelE
I just found scale on my birds nest too! Going to toss it
Weird_Positive_3256
The devil himself. I wouldn’t say it’s beyond saving because the plant still looks pretty healthy. That said, you need to act quickly. Wipe down the leaves and stems removing every scale you can find and get some horticultural oil on it stat. Also, quarantine the plant and check any of its neighbors for scale. The likelihood that this is your only plant with scale is slim if it’s in proximity to any other plant. Good luck. I sincerely hate those little bastards.
madshayes
A binnable quantity of scale
Glass_Coffee_7084
I’m surprised how many people able battling scale! In my experience it’s one of the easier pests to get rid of! Neem oil it!
Fr05t_B1t
Leslieb1996
I just lost one to scale!
Yours is pretty bad, Yea like the others said id toss it. Your running more of a risk of it spreading to the other plants .
BelleSchu
Omg neem oil, peppermint castile soap, alcohol, water. Mix in a bottle and spray the hell out of those leaves. If that doesn’t work, burn the plant and your house down.
ngochoang914
o my. im really sorry for this plant 😢
Wolfano666
500daysofbb
jump scare!
No-Country6348
I have had tremendous success eliminating scale with simple green.
Complete_Oil9682
how long did you wait before asking? just curious
Old_Republic7159
satantium
Poop 💔😞
IntroductionNaive773
See if you can get some dinotefuran. Very potent systemic that will wipe out all scale types.
bobpage2
Burn the whole house asap
Prize_Ant_1141
Scale.and that is pretty massive and will be hrs to get rid of.it will take alot of treatments
not-a-fish-1487
yikes
_yourupperlip_
Lord Jesus. Listen to the nice people giving you tips on the top comments. Wishing you the best. I gotta go
NorthAdministrative2
plantbbgraves
Scaaaaaaale! If you don’t want to lose the whole plant, you could try removing the leaves that are the most infested before trying to treat. Make sure to inspect your pants more frequently moving forward:) it makes a world of difference!
Oooof. Thanks community. Moved it outside immediately and fortunately don’t see any on the plants near it
We were recently given this plant by our neighbor who moved and didn’t notice it till now. It doesn’t have any on the side of the plant that faces the room so gonna try cutting all the infected leaves off and treating with the recommendations here. Needless to say it’s not coming back inside
Also you lot are funny as hell 😂
Ann0lRecovery
It’s fucking scale.
Use systemic insecticide, then next week use different systematic, then next 2 weeks rotate them.
If everything fails put it in a bag and spray with roach spray and seal for 3 days (spray in the bag and seal fumes). That will kill young scale so it wouldn’t attach to the plant. But do it when soil is dry, or root rot or mold might happen
I’ve battled 3 infestation of scale with 80 plants, so tested both ways and it worked. Removing them individually wasn’t option in my case
Good luck
Substantial-Bug2022
Wow that’s a lot of scale. I would chuck that plant, and cut my losses. Check other plants and treat or chuck depending on how much you have, care about and or want to treat. Can also take cuttings of plants and start over and treat the small cutting instead of battling a whole plant . That’s my 2 cents on how I would deal.
PinkSrirachaPepper
Scale (for dutchies: dopluis). Regularly spraying with green soap, and wiping/killing the big ones manually generally helps, but fully getting rid of it is really hard. Keep the plant isolated or it will spread through your entire house..
VFTM
I had to use systemic granules, I couldn’t get them gone any other way. Now I’m a year or more FREE of them!!
On_the_internets
Scale. Keep it far away from other plants and clean the area surrounding the plant. It looks pretty bad and it’ll be an uphill battle with regular leaf cleaning if you want to save this guy.
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Looks like you have a huge scale bug infestation, I would check any other plants for them as well, take any plants with bugs outside, depot and rinse them and the pots really well, I like to spray my new plants roots with a 1-3 water and hydrogen peroxide mix, and wipe down the leaves with the same mix and a paper towel, repot with new soil and keep an eye out for any more bugs
scale.
😦
I won’t lie, I’d probably just chuck the plant and start heavily monitoring my other plants
I just found scale on my birds nest too! Going to toss it
The devil himself. I wouldn’t say it’s beyond saving because the plant still looks pretty healthy. That said, you need to act quickly. Wipe down the leaves and stems removing every scale you can find and get some horticultural oil on it stat. Also, quarantine the plant and check any of its neighbors for scale. The likelihood that this is your only plant with scale is slim if it’s in proximity to any other plant. Good luck. I sincerely hate those little bastards.
A binnable quantity of scale
I’m surprised how many people able battling scale! In my experience it’s one of the easier pests to get rid of! Neem oil it!
I just lost one to scale!
Yours is pretty bad, Yea like the others said id toss it. Your running more of a risk of it spreading to the other plants .
Omg neem oil, peppermint castile soap, alcohol, water. Mix in a bottle and spray the hell out of those leaves. If that doesn’t work, burn the plant and your house down.
o my. im really sorry for this plant 😢
jump scare!
I have had tremendous success eliminating scale with simple green.
how long did you wait before asking? just curious
Poop 💔😞
See if you can get some dinotefuran. Very potent systemic that will wipe out all scale types.
Burn the whole house asap
Scale.and that is pretty massive and will be hrs to get rid of.it will take alot of treatments
yikes
Lord Jesus. Listen to the nice people giving you tips on the top comments. Wishing you the best. I gotta go
Scaaaaaaale! If you don’t want to lose the whole plant, you could try removing the leaves that are the most infested before trying to treat. Make sure to inspect your pants more frequently moving forward:) it makes a world of difference!
https://preview.redd.it/m39eug0g986f1.jpeg?width=574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=824d0a73b864ae1890040f338f4ad0fc905d6176
Oooof. Thanks community. Moved it outside immediately and fortunately don’t see any on the plants near it
We were recently given this plant by our neighbor who moved and didn’t notice it till now. It doesn’t have any on the side of the plant that faces the room so gonna try cutting all the infected leaves off and treating with the recommendations here. Needless to say it’s not coming back inside
Also you lot are funny as hell 😂
It’s fucking scale.
Use systemic insecticide, then next week use different systematic, then next 2 weeks rotate them.
If everything fails put it in a bag and spray with roach spray and seal for 3 days (spray in the bag and seal fumes). That will kill young scale so it wouldn’t attach to the plant. But do it when soil is dry, or root rot or mold might happen
I’ve battled 3 infestation of scale with 80 plants, so tested both ways and it worked. Removing them individually wasn’t option in my case
Good luck
Wow that’s a lot of scale. I would chuck that plant, and cut my losses. Check other plants and treat or chuck depending on how much you have, care about and or want to treat. Can also take cuttings of plants and start over and treat the small cutting instead of battling a whole plant . That’s my 2 cents on how I would deal.
Scale (for dutchies: dopluis). Regularly spraying with green soap, and wiping/killing the big ones manually generally helps, but fully getting rid of it is really hard. Keep the plant isolated or it will spread through your entire house..
I had to use systemic granules, I couldn’t get them gone any other way. Now I’m a year or more FREE of them!!
Scale. Keep it far away from other plants and clean the area surrounding the plant. It looks pretty bad and it’ll be an uphill battle with regular leaf cleaning if you want to save this guy.