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title: "been using neem oil on my plants to shine them up but wondering about…"
description: "been using neem oil on my plants to shine them up but wondering about succulents and hoyas …is neem safe to use on them?"
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author: "BB"
published: "2023-12-09T13:46:36.584Z"
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# been using neem oil on my plants to shine them up but wondering about…

_Posted by BB on 2023-12-09_

been using neem oil on my plants to shine them up but wondering about succulents and hoyas …is neem  
safe to use on them?

## 4 comments

### Rhona commented on 2023-12-09

Yes. A couple things to probably watch out for would be not doing it in the morning. Because the sun can possibly burn the leaves through that. You can mix neem oil with a little bit of soap and warm water to wash your leaves. And that will also keep a lot of pest away. I’m not a professional, but this is what works for me.

### SnappityWhizBang commented on 2023-12-09

Neem or Horticultural Oil is good for getting rid of pests. I’ve found that on my soft leaf plants it can sometimes damage the leaves, so some of my Hoyas suffered damage from using oil. The Hoyas with waxy leaves tend to be fine with it so long as you then keep them out of direct sunlight for the day.

### c.cat commented on 2023-12-09

you might want to be careful with succulants, a lot of them have a natural 'sunscreen'. its that whitish coat that comes off when you touch it, and rubbing/wiping something on the leaves would take that off. spraying a neem solution might be ok, but also succulants might rot if there is water of the leaves for prolonged periods.  
i had to treat one of my echivarias for powdery mildew, (i used hydrogen peroxide/water mix) and i found the natural 'sunscreen' made the leaves hydrophobic

tldr; i would avoid using neem oil for shine with succulants. :)

### BB commented on 2023-12-09

thanks everyone!

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