Help! With #Jade plant

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Yall what is up with my jade?? She is usually so happy but when I went to water her she had all this white stuff?? And is all shriveled :( I did wash the white stuff off and gave her a good water. Any advice??

@Seymour · Answer

@JesssJungle  might be able to help

@danisgreenhouse · Answer

My guess is mealy bugs.

@ILoveMyPlants · Answer

@SassyHan  I’m with the above poster. Hopefully someone can tell you how to take care of them . I’d make sure it’s not near any other plants .

@ILoveMyPlants · Answer

@SassyHan   I’d wipe it down with neem oil and soapy water for starters . I know they’re hard to get rid of . I’d say to submerge in water but not to sure with a succulent .

@danisgreenhouse · Answer

I had them on a cactus once. Picked them all off like you have. Sprayed with straight isopropyl alcohol, dried out any I missed. You can also add bonide systemic granules next time you water to kill any that may reoccur.

@PricklyThumb · Answer

Mealybugs can be killed with 70% isopropyl alcohol. If the infestation is small use a qtip. But yours looks pretty infested so I’d use a spray bottle and spray it down with it.

@PricklyThumb · Answer

@SassyHan once you’ve taken care of the current infestation (and this can take time, more than one spraying) you can use the Bonide granules like @danisgreenhouse suggested or give it a weekly spray of alcohol or Neem oil or a Pyrethrin spray.

@LordlyChuparosa · Answer

@SassyHan one of my plants had a mealybug problem. I soaked a q tip in isopropyl alcohol and got the big ones. Then I sprayed down the whole plant with the isopropyl alcohol, I’m pretty sure I diluted it.

@Smperez7 · Answer

Looks like Snow but I’m afraid to say they are milly bugs.

@PrinceTamarack · Answer

Happened to mine before.  I cleaned it off with a q-tip and used neem oil about twice a month until they were gone.  Took almost a year, but looking great now.

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