is this scale?? these marks are so small I can’t tell. I originally thought they were scarring from a thrip infestation so they’ve been there for about a month (I can’t tell if the bumps have increased or not) but I recently learned about scales 🫠a couple of the bumps can be scraped off and there’s a small divot where it was. I can’t see any little legs and nothing is moving. I just watered it today and it gets great sunlight.
Unfortunately looks like thrips to me
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0 Likes What type of water do you have? City? Well? Rain?
0 Likescity. it hasn’t been an issue so far with my other plants. my monstera came to me with a thrip infestation and seemed to be fine since. all my other plants are putting out new leaves and shoots consistently including the monstera.
0 Likes Hmm, well if you haven’t had issues with scaling, it seems as if those thrips were hiding. Personally, I hose all my plants down and add a glob of concentrated neem oil when I get any insects. I brought mealybugs home after purchasing a pothos and god damn those little bugs were determined to infest everything.
0 Likes And a BUNCH of sticky traps!
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Scale comes off super easy by scraping with a fingernail, and usually larger. Does look a little bit more like thrips to me :/
1 LikeYeah I can scrape stuff off the stems but the underside of the leaves is significantly more difficult
