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title: "White mold or bugs? I recently treated my plants with insecticidal…"
description: "White mold or bugs? I recently treated my plants with insecticidal soap because of a mealy bug outbreak. It’s been less than a week and I am seeing this on…"
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# White mold or bugs? I recently treated my plants with insecticidal…

_Bodhi\_PlantMama님이 2024-03-10에 게시함_

White mold or bugs?

I recently treated my plants with insecticidal soap because of a mealy bug outbreak. It’s been less than a week and I am seeing this on some plants (the begonia is the worst).  
Is this a continuing sign of the pests or is this mold of some sort?  
The begonia definitely had little cotton like pieces on the plant stem before treating.

Help 😭

![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/bLvXZG3wxfbiMR1_tqKaJBTSKwaR7PLewWroiTwho4E/5A16Mg_7TVmv-boxr4OlTg.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/bLvXZG3wxfbiMR1_tqKaJBTSKwaR7PLewWroiTwho4E/cNWAS9vwTjSD8D-YHHR9-Q.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/bLvXZG3wxfbiMR1_tqKaJBTSKwaR7PLewWroiTwho4E/dS6dJOpfS9-p70nacDnncQ.webp?size=large)

## 6개의 댓글

### Argetlam님이 2024-03-10에 댓글을 남겼어요.

This may not be the right answer for your plant, but I’ve seen this buildup on the top of my soil when I water with tap water instead of purified water. In my instance, it was just mineral buildup.

#### Ada님이 2024-03-10에 답변했습니다.

I agree, I think it’s just mineral build up.

### Soup님이 2024-03-10에 댓글을 남겼어요.

If you’re from the UK like me then use rainwater, tap water is extremely hard

### Sunny님이 2024-03-11에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Looks like fungus. It has a web appearance. It’s not harmful. It shows the soil is staying wet maybe too long. Let the soil dry out more between water. Ensure you have good air circulation to help dry the soil faster. You can use a fungicide if it’s unsightly.

### Timmyturner님이 2024-03-11에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Boil a large amount of water and store it like my 3 gallon tub it helps eliminate a lot of what’s in the tap water I don’t have this problem anymore since I started distilling my tap (boil) granted I’m sure there’s still chemicals in the water but I’m sure not near half as much

### Bodhi\_PlantMama님이 2024-03-11에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I actually use spring water! I am think it got a bit too saturated when spraying it for pests. I’m just happy it’s not more bugs lol

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