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title: "I am extremely new to plants. A couple of days ago I bought some…"
description: "I am extremely new to plants. A couple of days ago I bought some plants and did not check for pests beforehand. How f**ked am I? Are these definitely spider…"
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author: "Grizzly"
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# I am extremely new to plants. A couple of days ago I bought some…

_Publicado por Grizzly el 2023-10-16_

I am extremely new to plants. A couple of days ago I bought some plants and did not check for pests beforehand. How f\*\*ked am I? Are these definitely spider mites?

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## 8 comentarios

### Women are Water comentó el 2023-10-17

Either way. If you are attached to the plant then what Tamara said. It’s your only hope. And fingers crossed 🤞🏽 Gods speed!

### Beto R comentó el 2023-10-18

These are mealy bugs!  
My aunt gave me a plant and it was fine for about a week then started noticing what look like white clumbs of cotton. Neem oil does very good, for me it was a never never plant, pretty hardy so i went to town with drowning it in neem oil spray then rubbing and

### Beto R comentó el 2023-10-18

Cleaning every part of the plant. After i was done in a spray bottle i put a small portion of rubbing alcohol and soap with water and sprayed it twice a day (neem oil is weekly). Don’t let up, they hide very well. Got them out completely in like a week

#### Grizzly respondió el 2023-10-18

Hi Beto you’re absolutely right! I confirmed yesterday that they were mealy bugs. I pruned and sprayed Bonide Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew Ready-to-Use Spray. I did not wipe it off though, do you wipe it or let it evaporate? sillyquestion is  
Another

#### Grizzly respondió el 2023-10-18

How do you use the neem oil? I got Natria Neem Oil Spray Ready-to-Use. Do you just spray it and let it air dry or spray it and then wipe it away?

#### Beto R respondió el 2023-10-18

I used the oil like a lubricant to rub off all the nasty then sprayed more to let it evaporate lol so both

### KD 🪴 comentó el 2023-10-20

That looks like a combo of spider mites AND mealy bugs. I’d consider putting that out to pasture.

Check out Aloha Plant Life on YouTube, she has two videos on insecticidal sprays/soaps etc. Neem oil won’t kill the eggs.

### Kayla comentó el 2023-10-23

I think it’s mealy bugs and an actual spider. You can see the spider in the third picture.

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