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Pygmy date palm issue

LarsOl

By LarsOl
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Hello all,

Was hoping you could help a new palm gardener. I have a Pygmy date palm potted indoors and noticed this cotton /  white fluff and was hoping if someone could help me identify the issue and recommend a solution.


Thanks. Lars

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Allen Grand Master

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Maybe spider mites.  Shake leaf vigorously onto a piece of white printer paper and look at the paper for small crawling bugs.  Use a magnifying glass or bright light to see them.  Spray with horticultural oil.

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Steve Mac Grand Master

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I too think that it is not spider mites, it is mealybug. Both are equally hard to eradicate completely but require a different chemical.

I think that the best way for those is to remove that all manually with a Q tip, (then you will know how successful you are.) 

Then spray lightly around the leaf bases and trunk and soil with a specific insecticide for mealybug. They often breed in the leaf bases. 

They sometimes live on the roots under the soil too. Do a quick google search on mealybug and you will be all over it.

And look up spider mites while you are at it, another common pest on some indoor plants, again best acted on quickly if they appear.

I would also do as Allen said and also spray around  with a horticultural oil,

that is cheap, very low toxicity and tends to keep a lot of bugs away including scale another common pest. 

Good luck and let us know how you go.

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Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

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Welcome to the forums @LarsOl

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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You can spray them with insecticidal soap. And spread used coffee grounds on the soil around the stem. The caffeine will be absorbed into plant tissues and poison the mealybugs. Coffee grounds also act as a fertilizer. Welcome to PalmTalk.

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Butch Mentor

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1 hour ago, PalmatierMeg said:

You can spray them with insecticidal soap. And spread used coffee grounds on the soil around the stem. The caffeine will be absorbed into plant tissues and poison the mealybugs. Coffee grounds also act as a fertilizer. Welcome to PalmTalk.

Well I learned something today... Thank you for the post...

 

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