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title: "I have a hawaiian palm, which I noticed tiny white things crawling…"
description: "I have a hawaiian palm, which I noticed tiny white things crawling on, I think it could be thrips, it's made all the leaves droop as in the picture. How do I…"
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author: "Tom"
published: "2025-09-27T07:51:20.925295Z"
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# I have a hawaiian palm, which I noticed tiny white things crawling…

_Posted by Tom on 2025-09-27_

I have a hawaiian palm, which I noticed tiny white things crawling on, I think it could be thrips, it's made all the leaves droop as in the picture. How do I tackle this? I've used some provanto but nto sure the plant likes it, I'm just worried it's gonna die. I've also now cut the dying leaves off

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## 2 comments

### Samwell commented on 2025-09-27

I would also get that plant away from all the others.  
I just got rid of the bastards on my apobolis. They almost did it in.

I first rinsed off all the leaves and stems down the sink to try and knock as many as I could off

Treated with an organic neem oil

Quarantined it away from all the other plants .

And repeated rinsing and then treating with neem another time or two. It’s starting to finally bounce back

#### Tom replied on 2025-09-27

I've used a big spray recommended from garden centre, and wiped the leaves with diluted soapy water, I just worry with too much leaf water rinsing it will harm it more because it's a very fussy plant, but it's now quarantined so shall see what happens

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