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title: "Hey Planta! Can anyone tell me what those white fuzz rings are? These…"
description: "Hey Planta! Can anyone tell me what those white fuzz rings are? These are golden pothos props and I’ve been super excited to plant them, but this worries me.…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Evan"
published: "2024-08-03T13:06:16.497442Z"
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# Hey Planta! Can anyone tell me what those white fuzz rings are? These…

_Posted by Evan on 2024-08-03_

Hey Planta! Can anyone tell me what those white fuzz rings are? These are golden pothos props and I’ve been super excited to plant them, but this worries me. Please tell me it’s not mold.

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## 8 comments

### Grace commented on 2024-08-03

It looks like mealy bugs to me? I could be wrong but that is my guess. I would wipe it off and dab the area with diluted isopropyl alcohol.

#### Evan replied on 2024-08-03

That’s what we thought too and treated them, I then looked it up and it’s tissue that shouldn’t be removed… oops

### S.R commented on 2024-08-03

Those are proto roots! Good sign of lots of growth to come 👍🏻

#### Evan replied on 2024-08-03

I wish I knew this earlier lol, I thought it was mealy bugs and removed them… did this ruin my props?

#### S.R replied on 2024-08-03

Hmm not sure. I would just keep doing what you were doing and see if they grow back. Good luck 😉

#### Evan replied on 2024-08-03

Okay great, thank you!

### Bean commented on 2024-08-03

Please update us when you know more, I want to know how these did after removing that.

#### Evan replied on 2024-08-03

Of course, I didn’t know this had so much interest! I’ll give an update in a week or so.

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