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title: "My poor plant has sticky, cottony look omg places and the leaves have…"
description: "My poor plant has sticky, cottony look omg places and the leaves have little white dots. What is happening? I cleaned off most of the white stuff."
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author: "Vicky"
published: "2024-01-21T21:37:51.122Z"
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# My poor plant has sticky, cottony look omg places and the leaves have…

_Publié par Vicky le 2024-01-21_

My poor plant has sticky, cottony look omg places and the leaves have little white dots. What is happening? I cleaned off most of the white stuff.

## 5 commentaires

### letsfindjoy a commenté le 2024-01-21

Mealy bugs?

### KLoves home garden🪴 a commenté le 2024-01-21

I agree with letsfindjoy. I tried diluted rubbing alcohol sprayed onto affected areas, but another product worked better for me. I also kept this plant away from other plants.

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#### Riley ha respondido el 2024-01-22

It’s perfectly fine to use undiluted rubbing alcohol, which may have been why it didn’t work as well for you. If you dab it directly onto the mealybugs it’ll kill them.

### RK a commenté le 2024-01-22

Your plant looks etiolated too— if you have a spot where it can get full sun, it may be a bit happier.

#### Vicky ha respondido el 2024-01-22

Thank you. It gets full southern sun. Only window that has full daily sun exposure. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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