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title: "I just discovered these small fuzzy white things in my ginseng ficus.…"
description: "I just discovered these small fuzzy white things in my ginseng ficus. Is this a pest or what is going on here?!?!"
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# I just discovered these small fuzzy white things in my ginseng ficus.…

_Gepostet von Steph1196 am 2024-01-20_

I just discovered these small fuzzy white things in my ginseng ficus. Is this a pest or what is going on here?!?!

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## 4 Kommentare

### Cherrybergher kommentierte am 2024-01-20

It looks like mealy bug nests unfortunately.

### Plants\&Pets 🌱🐱🐶 kommentierte am 2024-01-21

Mealybugs. Hard to get rid of and spread quickly to nearby plants. Get a bottle of 70% isopropyl alcohol and use either a small paintbrush or Q-tip and swab them with the alcohol and they will die instantly. You’ll have to check all over the plant and do it wherever you see them, and keep checking over the next few weeks.

### Sunny kommentierte am 2024-01-21

Isolate the plant. Check all the other plant plants. Wash hands and tools between touching plants. Mealybugs spread very quickly. Wipe down everything with the alcohol solution including under the pot, floors, tables, shelves, window sills and places where the plant rests.

### Steph1196 kommentierte am 2024-01-21

Thanks y’all. I am now finding them on other plants so please pray for me 😂😂

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