What should I do if my rainbow jade has white bugs?

Causes of white worms

The small white bugs that grow on succulents are mostly scale insects. Its surface is hard and contains a waxy secretion. These "wax oils" are white, so the scale insects we see are white. Scale insects actually come in many colors. Its common shapes are round and oval.

The general reasons for the appearance of scale insects are mostly due to excessive watering, the potting soil is too wet, causing insects, or the potting soil is not cleaned enough, causing pests.

Treatment

isolation

First, separate the plant where scale insects are found from the others to prevent the infestation from spreading to other plants.

Physical insecticide

If the number is small, you can use tools to kill and eliminate the insects, or put the flower pot under clean water and rinse it carefully to wash away the insects, but make sure the succulents are not damaged.

Chemical insecticide

If you find a large number of insects, you can only choose to spray pesticides. When facing scale insects, you can choose insecticide spray, which is effective and has little odor. Practice has proved that mosquito repellent spray has a good preventive and control effect on scale insects.

Precautions

Many flower-growing friends have a fatal way of dealing with pests. After spraying the plants with medicine, they directly put them on the balcony for maintenance. You should know that this practice will cause the succulents and pests to perish together. After spraying the succulents with pesticides, they must be placed in a cool place and not exposed to sunlight. This is the only way to effectively kill insects without harming the plants.