--- title: "My lovely ficus, and long time good friend, has been dropping a few…" description: "My lovely ficus, and long time good friend, has been dropping a few tiny leaves recently. I just picked up one that looked like this with tiny white spots in…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/kdm_IABpSS6tEWU0olmv5w?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Lynda" published: "2024-07-05T20:18:54.24949Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ogsS0GJIvWBzx7CvItnCsicGb0YTD2umkWf-CRAbvzU/QHBMzglJSyOza9NAUfv1bg.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # My lovely ficus, and long time good friend, has been dropping a few… _Lynda님이 2024-07-05에 게시함_ My lovely ficus, and long time good friend, has been dropping a few tiny leaves recently. I just picked up one that looked like this with tiny white spots in the back of the leaf. Can anybody identify what this is? TIA. 🤗💚🪴 ![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ogsS0GJIvWBzx7CvItnCsicGb0YTD2umkWf-CRAbvzU/QHBMzglJSyOza9NAUfv1bg.webp?size=large) ![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ogsS0GJIvWBzx7CvItnCsicGb0YTD2umkWf-CRAbvzU/5SoNu-rrT7KIImwDiyzy7Q.webp?size=large) ![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ogsS0GJIvWBzx7CvItnCsicGb0YTD2umkWf-CRAbvzU/KW6zwQPMRYiqNKCsUmLf4A.webp?size=large) ## 11개의 댓글 ### Plant lover!!!님이 2024-07-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. Have you checked for pests? #### Lynda님이 2024-07-05에 답변했습니다. She’s had an ongoing problem with scale and I’ve treated her for years with neem, but finally switched to a pesticide from Bonide called “systemic house plant insect control for containerized plants”. Apparently that’s not working well because she’s having more problems with scale so perhaps I don’t have the correct dosage since she’s in a much larger pot now. I did find some webbing which I’ve included a picture of to show you. Does any of this makes sense to you? TIA 🤗💚🪴 ### Plant lover!!!님이 2024-07-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. Yes ### Plant lover!!!님이 2024-07-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. I’d say try I bigger sose ### Plant lover!!!님이 2024-07-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. Dose\*😂 ### Lynda님이 2024-07-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. Here’s the photo! ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ogsS0GJIvWBzx7CvItnCsicGb0YTD2umkWf-CRAbvzU/T3yrwq7GT0-EFhUqBQTZFA.webp?size=large) ### Lynda님이 2024-07-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. Can you see the webbing? 🤗💚🪴 ### S.R님이 2024-07-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. I can see a few threads of what might be webbing. But the leaf photos you posted look like scale to me. ### Lynda님이 2024-07-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. You’re right, she does have scale and has had it for a long time. It’s come back with a vengeance lately since I think the last dose of Bonide was too small as I planted her into a larger pot and I think misjudged the correctly dosage. Is the webbing I’m seeing a part of scale? TIA. 🤗💚🪴 #### S.R님이 2024-07-05에 답변했습니다. The webbing could be from spider mites but could also just be that a normal house spider was in there at some point. Is the webbing wide spread? #### Lynda님이 2024-07-06에 답변했습니다. You’re not gonna believe this… Two months ago, my dear housekeeper (I’m a bit handicapped), apparently dusted my ficus with one of those Swiffer dusters. Later, I just happened to find this white fibrous stuff all over the stems of my ficus. I spent a great deal of time picking that sticky filament off of my poor plant. The long and the short of it is, that webbing I took a picture of, may be a few strands of that polyester type filament from the duster. I feel so stupid right now… all of this hullabaloo for a few strands of what may be polyester thread😂! You are very right about my ficus having scale; that’s been a real pain in the tutu to deal with since it never really goes away, and I can only control it! I think I’ll do as suggested and that’s up the amount of Bonide that I have given her in the past. Since I gave her that treatment about three weeks ago, do you think that redoing the entire treatment again so soon will be problematic for my ficus? The last dose was supposed to last for eight weeks, so I’m not sure what to do… TIA for any comments. Have a great rest of the day! 🤗💚🪴 --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_