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title: "This plant is at my public library and it is sooo sticky! Covered in…"
description: "This plant is at my public library and it is sooo sticky! Covered in what looks like corn syrup. It also has these little of white dots on it to… my thought is…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Lolly"
published: "2024-02-21T22:37:20.153791Z"
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# This plant is at my public library and it is sooo sticky! Covered in…

_Posted by Lolly on 2024-02-21_

This plant is at my public library and it is sooo sticky! Covered in what looks like corn syrup. It also has these little of white dots on it to… my thought is scales, any ideas?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/SQEmOQ6xEU5s39DAnBV1ICuVfymy_4COIAl6myf8ZEQ/xKLfaKrDQ2G8r8nwcVZWzQ.webp?size=large)

## 4 comments

### Stevens commented on 2024-02-21

I have that on a bunch of my neighbor’s plants. I just cleaned it off and it’s been a week and it looks better now. Try that. I’m no expert and I’m sure someone else will tell you better but I’d say until you get another response, try that’

### Cherrybergher commented on 2024-02-21

Definitely scale

### Plant Father commented on 2024-02-21

definitely scale, i circled one of the bugs i spotted in your photo. the sticky substance is called honeydew, it’s their waste. the infestation looks pretty severe but luckily scale are relatively easy to treat. i would remove as many bugs as possible and wipe the whole plant down with an isopropyl alcohol solution

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/cY9SDweddqu5HwLKnArK26cVuNWlPSTffMn9ElYkfbk/1hUr_pLWTGWFjXaK2IVOXA.webp?size=large)

### Lolly commented on 2024-02-22

Thanks y’all! It’s the library’s plant So I can’t treat it but I will tell the library Director, who I happen to be good friends with.

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