Diseased Crassula
Hi everyone!
One of my crassulas is looking diseased and I was wondering if there is anything I can do for it?
There is white fluff on the plant and whilst most leaves seem healthy, some are shrivelled or beginning to shrivel.
#PestControl #Crassula #GollumJade #Jade
One of my crassulas is looking diseased and I was wondering if there is anything I can do for it?
There is white fluff on the plant and whilst most leaves seem healthy, some are shrivelled or beginning to shrivel.
#PestControl #Crassula #GollumJade #Jade
3” pot without drainage
Last watered 10 months ago
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Mealy bugs!!!! They’re sucking up all the goods in your poor plant.
Mealy bugs are white bugs that form little nests in the stems and under the leaves that kinda look like cotton. If you have other plants, separate this little guy from them and check your other plants! They’re very invasive and annoying bugs. You can kill them with isopropyl alcohol, so dunking the leaves and stem into a diluted bowl of water and isopropyl alcohol or taking a qtip and rubbing isopropyl alcohol on the infected bits can kill the bugs. Since your plant is small, I imagine it should be too hard to see them all and banish them, but they can return if you miss some eggs and they hatch. Try to get off every bit of white that you see!
Mealy bugs are white bugs that form little nests in the stems and under the leaves that kinda look like cotton. If you have other plants, separate this little guy from them and check your other plants! They’re very invasive and annoying bugs. You can kill them with isopropyl alcohol, so dunking the leaves and stem into a diluted bowl of water and isopropyl alcohol or taking a qtip and rubbing isopropyl alcohol on the infected bits can kill the bugs. Since your plant is small, I imagine it should be too hard to see them all and banish them, but they can return if you miss some eggs and they hatch. Try to get off every bit of white that you see!
White fluff on your Crassula 'Gollum Jade' is almost certainly a sign of a Mealybug Infestation—a common pest in succulents. 🐛🚫The shriveling leaves are a secondary symptom caused by the bugs sucking sap from the plant, weakening it over time.
1. Isolate
2. Physically Remove the Mealybugs w/ 70%+ isopropyl alcohol or drench (spray) a 1:1 solution
3. Prune and Clean 🧼✂️
4. Draw up a plan for Long-Term Prevention
1. Isolate
2. Physically Remove the Mealybugs w/ 70%+ isopropyl alcohol or drench (spray) a 1:1 solution
3. Prune and Clean 🧼✂️
4. Draw up a plan for Long-Term Prevention
Yeah I can see the webbing from Spider Mites. Buy a $1 spray bottle from Walmart and alcohol which should only be a few dollars. Put half water to half alcohol and a squirt of dish soap into bottle. Spray every watering. In addition you can use soap and water to clean the leaves and branches. Good luck.