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Money plant Crassula Has white spots all over...i am worried tht it will kill my plant. Please help

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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    edited March 2019
    It's difficult to see from your camera angle, but I'm thinking scale insects or mealy bugs. With scale insects, you can brush them off if they have formed a hard dried up shell. Mealy bugs tend to thrive in warm environments, and can be wiped away using a damp cloth or cotton bud. In larger infestations, you can use alcohol like a surgical spirit to remove and wipe clean.
  • tina.chhedatina.chheda Posts: 26
    What is meths? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2019
    Methylated spirit ... usually available at hardware stores.  Inflammable so be careful. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • tina.chhedatina.chheda Posts: 26
    Oks...thank you
  • tina.chhedatina.chheda Posts: 26
    Borderline said:
    It's difficult to see from your camera angle, but I'm thinking scale insects or mealy bugs. With scale insects, you can brush them off if they have formed a hard dried up shell. Mealy bugs tend to thrive in warm environments, and can be wiped away using a damp cloth or cotton bud. In larger infestations, you can use alcohol like a surgical spirit to remove and wipe clean.
    Its at the edge of leafs and texture is like cotton bowl.
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Start with wiping off the crust or powdery texture. The aim is to remove the white stuff off the leaves and stems. Hopefully, your plant should fine.
  • tina.chhedatina.chheda Posts: 26
    I saw moving creatures on my plant. With help of my brush i took out everything. Also noticed tht my other plant is also affected by the same bug 😢
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Not sure what your other neighbouring plants are, but it sounds like you have Mealybugs. Keep your plants in a cooler environment and see if it makes a difference long term. On some plants, they thrive on over-fed plants or plants that put on growth rapidly. 
  • tina.chhedatina.chheda Posts: 26
    Oks. Thank you very much 🙏🏼
  • tina.chhedatina.chheda Posts: 26
    Lost lot of leaves 😓 hope they grow back. Bugs seems to be clear now. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼 thy wont cm back ever again. 
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