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title: "Help, my string of pearls was looking very healthy until about a week…"
description: "Help, my string of pearls was looking very healthy until about a week ago, and now most of its ‘strings’ are either becoming shriveled or rotten and there’s…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "erised"
published: "2024-08-12T19:16:36.058298Z"
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# Help, my string of pearls was looking very healthy until about a week…

_Posted by erised on 2024-08-12_

Help, my string of pearls was looking very healthy until about a week ago, and now most of its ‘strings’ are either becoming shriveled or rotten and there’s some sort of mold/ miniature ant-like animals running around the soil

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## 5 comments

### Daril commented on 2024-08-12

Same - minus the insects!

### ElizabethF commented on 2024-08-12

Are the insects white and fuzzy looking? Those would be mealy bugs. You’ll need to remove them with isopropyl alcohol on a qtip. You can also make a diluted spray but you may want to test it on a section of your string of pearls before applying it everywhere.

#### erised replied on 2024-08-12

Yes! I’ll try that, thank you

### Alyssa commented on 2024-08-12

It’s probably going into root rot decomposing territory…possibly fungus gnats in the soil too or thrips not sure what you mean by ant like

#### erised replied on 2024-08-12

It looks decomposing fungus-like

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