I have had this beautiful Tapestry plant for about 7 month. about a month ago I noticed a leaf had what looked like a bug problem so I spayed it down and quarantined it for a week. It did not seem to do any thing so I took it out of quarantined and back to the light.It is getting bad faster by the day and I have not found any answers. I am hoping that some one here knows...about 20 leaves are now affected.Some leaves are not - seems to be the older ones.
It really looks like a virus rather then a bug infestation.
Oh and I am glad to be back since the evolution of the forum...
Last edited by Cliver_McGyver; Nov 5th, 2007 at 11:15 AM.
The infinitesimally small seed that produces the giant is the winner...
Welcome back and ewww that looks bad huh? Not sure what it is but I just wanted to tell you to hang in there and be patient, sometimes it takes a while for the right person to see your post.
Are they hard or soft?? scale can be brown or white/cream colored, hard and soft Looks very simuliar to scale to me,, have you tried removeing them by scraping or use alcohol and q tip to remove?? IF it is scale you can use 1 tsp alcohol , i teaspoon murphy's oil soap to a quart spray bottle ,, BUt I would remove the heavest infected leaves immediatley,,
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
I have looked at many photos on scale and they all seem to be on the plant not as if a part of the leaf had bubbled up. They are soft and when removed leave a hole in the leaf. They are coming from the inside of the plant leaf. They are not on the under side or on the stems. I might have to put one in a bag and and show it to the local green house I got it from.
The infinitesimally small seed that produces the giant is the winner...
you might. but i know when my rubber tree had scale, the young ones did what you are describing. honestly, if you have a university with a botany dept. they could probably help you better than i.
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