White hair like thing growing from leaf? Does anyone know...
0ft to light, direct
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 10 months ago
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@stephonicle thank you!!! I’m looking how to get rid of them. After looking up white aphids, it does look like what you said
@ViningRuler8 if they are aphids, first separate it from your other plants. Then spray it down with water — not so strong that it damages the plant, but strong enough to knock them off. You might also need to replant it in fresh soil, since any aphids that land in the soil will just crawl back up your plant.
@stephonicle | Stephanie, thank you for including me and remembering I had a recent pest problem! This one is new for me! I have not seen a lacewing egg before. This is why I love this app. I am learning so many new things! @ViningRuler8 | Lauren, Stephanie is spot on in suggesting to isolate the plant away from your other plants. We don’t want the little buggies to expand their territory! Stephanie is also correct in saying to spray down the plant with water. When my spider mite problem happened, I took each plant outside and used the “mist” setting on my spray nozzle. Make sure you rinse both the tops AND the bottoms of the leaves. I am a big fan of neem oil as an insecticide. Once the plant dries off after your rinse, I would spray the tops and the bottoms of each leaf with neem oil (or your choice of insecticide). Let that drip dry, still keeping the plant in isolation. In terms of the soil, Stephanie is also correct-you can risk the little buggies falling into the soil and crawling back up the plant. If repotting is not feasible I would use diatomaceous earth on the soil. Now, ALL that being said….if these buggies are actually considered beneficial because they eat aphids; I would leave the “next step” to you.