HELP! The new plants I got online might have scale! Do I toss or save?
Hi everyone, I just got some new plants over the mail and it's been a mess. A lot of them arrived roughed up but so be it, it happens. However, I just put the plants in some new pots and noticed some strange bumps on a couple of them. Did some googling and I think I'm dealing with scale and I honestly don't know if I should try and save these plants or not.
I live in a small studio apt, so I can't quarantine that effectively. Any advice on what to do?
A few photos of the plants and more on this link https://imgur.com/a/w9DdKKc
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Stefan
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Chris (6a in MA)
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHi, thanks everyone for the comments. There are a few spots that seem like dark bumps with brown or red in the middle. I did do some research but it seems like scale is rather hard to spot until it becomes a huge problem. I have other plants with blemishes and edema, so I know succulents don't need to look perfect, but the raised bumps you can spot in a few of the pictures is what worries me as I haven't seen those before in any of my plants. I can also pick some of them off with my nail but the residue I pick off is small, so I can't 100% tell if it's a bug or not. I am fairly new to this though.
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Sorry if I was panicking a bit, I just live in a small apt. so any kind of pest really freaks me out as they can spread easily. I had a persian shield I saw white spots on a few weeks ago, sprayed it with alcohol thinking it was aphids or some other pest, and then I started second guessing myself and thinking I overreacted. Then yesterday I check on the plant again, and the remnants of whatever survived the alcohol was there fully grown. Light green bugs in all their glory! So I guess I'm just trying to be more careful this time around.
Thanks again for the help and comments, even the sarcasm lol. I know I need to take it easy! I'd appreciate any advice on how to prevent these types of pests.
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