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title: "These little white spots suddenly appeared in my prayer plant soil,…"
description: "These little white spots suddenly appeared in my prayer plant soil, is this bad?"
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author: "Bo Cheng"
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# These little white spots suddenly appeared in my prayer plant soil,…

_Bo Cheng님이 2024-10-21에 게시함_

These little white spots suddenly appeared in my prayer plant soil, is this bad?

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## 10개의 댓글

### Ezzeldin Yaqoub님이 2024-10-21에 댓글을 남겼어요.

It is just excreting excess minerals, which means you should use distilled or rainwater, not tap water due to the high mineral content.

#### Bo Cheng님이 2024-10-21에 답변했습니다.

I've been using filtered water to water, would this still happen?

#### Kades님이 2024-10-22에 답변했습니다.

Filtered water still has “normal healthy” minerals but few to no impurities. Distilled is stripped of all impurities and minerals

### AbbyJ님이 2024-10-21에 댓글을 남겼어요.

That looks like a pest to me

#### allie님이 2024-10-22에 답변했습니다.

I agree, it doesn’t look like the white film left behind from minerals, it looks like little bugs

#### Bo Cheng님이 2024-10-22에 답변했습니다.

How should I get rid of them?

#### AbbyJ님이 2024-10-22에 답변했습니다.

I use predatory mites from Arbico Organics

### Lindsey님이 2024-10-22에 댓글을 남겼어요.

This has happened to my plants too i was never sure the cause and the planta dr. Kept trying to diagnose other problems

### Mamarod님이 2024-10-24에 댓글을 남겼어요.

The leave has white stuff on it. Check the leaf crevices for sticky white stuff and it could be mealy bugs. If it’s just the soil it could be a yellow fungus/mold that starts as little fuzzy egg looking specks and usually from over watering.

### Mamarod님이 2024-10-24에 댓글을 남겼어요.

If it’s mealy bugs it will require a good mix of insecticidal soap mixed with rubbing alcohol and a repot

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