Pests Scale insects
Small brown bumps
Small brown bumps, hard and immobile, are stuck to stems and veins.
Also called: brown bumpsscaleshellshard lumps
Severity
Keep an eye on it
Deal with it this week, before it spreads.
Parts affected
- Leaves
- Stems
- Flowers
- Fruit
- Roots
- Soil
Family
Pests
From insects to larvae: spot them early to get rid of them fast.
Understand
What is happening inside the plant
Scale insects spend their adult life fixed in one place, under a hard waxy shell that makes them nearly invisible: they pass for a roughness in the bark.
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Urgent Fine webbing, yellow speckling
Very fine webbing appears under the leaves, which take on a yellow stippling.
Causes and fixes
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Small pear-shaped insects, usually clustered on new growth.
Causes and fixes
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Tiny insects leaving silvery streaks and black specks on the leaves.
Causes and fixes