--- title: "Help what the hell are these?!?! It’s on my chive plant" description: "Help what the hell are these?!?! It’s on my chive plant" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/w0kGBRWSv94fwF5bYObxlj" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Falcon" published: "2025-09-19T14:57:58.750831Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/oJOU9AiuMcC5YUPC61O26rXTjy1C0nn9FUxtcXCqaIU/sA4igOdWQy-u8OErGFQ0SA.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md) # Help what the hell are these?!?! It’s on my chive plant _Posted by Falcon on 2025-09-19_ Help what the hell are these?!?! It’s on my chive plant ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/oJOU9AiuMcC5YUPC61O26rXTjy1C0nn9FUxtcXCqaIU/sA4igOdWQy-u8OErGFQ0SA.webp?size=large) ## 27 comments ### Karen commented on 2025-09-19 Umm 🤨 ### Karen commented on 2025-09-19 Hold on let me help you ### Bunshine commented on 2025-09-19 An army of Aphids 🥲🥲🥲🥲 #### Falcon replied on 2025-09-19 Though so but I’ve never seen so damn many!!! I’ve ordered neem oil spray that should get here tomorrow and ima try and remove as many as I can 😭 #### Nan replied on 2025-09-20 Yikes, maybe get some insecticidal soap. This is gonna be an aggressive treatment, make sure to isolate as well. Feel for ya:( ### Karen commented on 2025-09-19 Here ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/YUy-VnpZgr_JVcPVxdv3Gvo2BzKZtaH-fanpCr9e5Ys/h0xkmS_6QYiz3dYBDYXUVg.webp?size=large) #### Falcon replied on 2025-09-19 Thank you!! Yeah think they are aphids just in an insane number. RIP my chives I’ve had it for like 12 years hoping he can survive this 🥲 #### Plant Father replied on 2025-09-20 hi Karen, generative AI is not a reliable source of information. i ask for the health of our community if you would please refrain from sharing from unreliable sources. these AIs are not fact checked. thanks #### Karen replied on 2025-09-20 Ok sorry i didn’t know ### Bunshine commented on 2025-09-19 It’s just chives, chunk the plant, and chunk it far! #### Falcon replied on 2025-09-19 I would but he’s sentimental and I’ve had him for 12 years 😭 ### Karen commented on 2025-09-19 Yess!! ### Bunshine commented on 2025-09-19 Seriously though, I would get it outside asap until the problem is gone! It will take over any and every other plant! If you have a big enough bucket to put the whole plant in water for a while that may help!! It is something you consume so I would be CAREFUL considering eating it after the neem oil! #### Falcon replied on 2025-09-19 Thank you for the tips! Ong that’s so helpful, yeah I’ve put him in a plastic bang and tied it. I’m gonna spray my other plants as a precaution and take chive outside and not eat him for a while if ever. It’s hard in an apartment but I’ll find a way haha. #### Bunshine replied on 2025-09-19 I think in the bag may have made a nice reproduction zone for them…. Which is why there’s so many….🥲 #### Falcon replied on 2025-09-19 No like I just bagged him and put him outside so they don’t spread, he was completely open air before I noticed the infestation now. #### Nan replied on 2025-09-20 Please don’t bag! It can suffocate the plant:( ### Bunshine commented on 2025-09-19 12 year chives is beyond impressive! Please post here again once fixed!! I would like to see! #### Falcon replied on 2025-09-19 Well he’s a part of a 12 year old plant that I stole to take to my place haha so this part is small but still technically old. The big one from where I broke this guy off of is at my dad’s house across the country that I left there because he was quite happy in this massive wooden barrel. #### Falcon replied on 2025-09-19 He’s got lore and everything it’s crazy hhaha #### Bunshine replied on 2025-09-19 No this is so good, I love a good lore, but when tied to a plant, it’s legendary! ### Bunshine commented on 2025-09-19 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ARTuYIFDaLkg01QV9BbjHF9jC9bXB5CWy2yvHZlaefo/w-XrvBh1SmS7RgiG3ziUTA.webp?size=large) #### Falcon replied on 2025-09-19 Unfortunately I live in a high humid climate even inside its 75-80% humidity which is crazy #### Bunshine replied on 2025-09-19 The chives may now be a porch plant 🥲 #### Plant Father replied on 2025-09-20 hi Bunshine, generative AI is not a reliable source of information. i ask for the health of our community if you would please refrain from sharing from unreliable sources. these AIs are not fact checked. thanks ### Karen commented on 2025-09-19 Yup [More comments](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/w0kGBRWSv94fwF5bYObxlj.md?cursor=mNCVene4ZhhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAHsGaumviGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_