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title: "Help…. is this scale or part of the tree and can I save him? I read…"
description: "Help…. is this scale or part of the tree and can I save him? I read scales should easily scrape off with your fingernail and squish like a bug. None of these…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "JJ"
published: "2023-10-25T19:19:13.03Z"
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# Help…. is this scale or part of the tree and can I save him? I read…

_Publicado por JJ el 2023-10-25_

Help…. is this scale or part of the tree and can I save him?  
I read scales should easily scrape off with your fingernail and squish like a bug. None of these scrape off easy nor do they squish like a bug. I’m so confused cause of it. He was beautiful a few weeks ago and now his new leaves are growing wonkey and he’s recently lost a lot of them plus I snipped off some of the really bad ones just Incase they were scale. Any help is appreciated.

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## 3 comentarios

### Audrey comentó el 2023-10-26

Not everything on the stems looks like scale to me. They seem to be hardening over. But the leaves definitely have scale!!

#### JJ respondió el 2023-10-26

I figured the leaves for sure but the stem there are so many different looking bumps but none squish like a bug. Will it harm it if I pick off the ones that look more like bugs if they are part of the tree?

### Audrey comentó el 2023-10-30

No it shouldn’t!

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