Treatment of a money tree from powdery mildew and worm: what is it, how to get rid of white plaque and silver dots, if they covered the leaves of the fatty?

Money tree is not demanding on growing conditions and feels quite comfortable with poor lighting and insufficient watering, but even such a hardy plant can cause diseases.

From the article you will learn why a whitish coating appears on a fat woman, how to cope with this trouble at home. Let's talk about the methods of treatment, depending on the cause of the ailment.

Silver dots on a fat woman - what is it?

A white coating on a fat woman may indicate a defeat of the plant by a mealybug, or the appearance of a fungus. In the second case, one of the symptoms is the appearance of a smell of mold.

Reference. The plaque can be localized in the axils of the leaves, outwardly resembling small pieces of cotton wool, on the trunk, between the leaves or on them.

Wrong watering

With a thorough inspection the flower grower may notice a white coating in the area of the root neck. This, as a rule, is preceded by the appearance of lethargy of leaves, their flattening, the trunk begins to slope to the ground.

This happens due to unacceptable heavy watering for the money tree combined with dense heavy soil and lack of drainage.

Mealybug or dew

Mealybug is a small insect measuring just a few millimeterssucking the juice of plants. When a pest attacks a plant, first small white lumps appear at the edges of the leaves, then sticky spots form, and a white fluff forms on the trunk and axils of the leaves.

Symptoms of the appearance of a mealybug, in addition to white deposits, are a slowdown in the growth of the crassula, falling of leaves and curvature of shoots.

Powdery mildew is a microscopic fungus that rapidly covers the leaves of a plant. The defeat visually looks like a white coating. The disease is dangerous by the speed of its development. If you do not take action quickly, the plant will die.

A favorable environment for the development of the disease is an increased level of humidity in the room and sharp jumps in temperature. Powdery mildew can also lead to excessive fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers and calcium deficiency.

How to get rid of a problem and what treatment to choose?

What to do if the plant is covered with a white coating?

If the watering was wrong

When a plant has suffered from an improperly selected irrigation regime, it must be urgently transplanted into a new container.

The procedure is carried out according to the following scheme:

The plant is carefully removed from the old pot.
The old earth is carefully cleaned so as not to disturb the roots.
The roots are carefully inspected.
If the root system is partially rotten, the damaged areas are removed with a sharp sterile knife.
The soil is completely replaced with a new substrate for succulents.

Important! In order to facilitate the recovery of the crustacean after partial removal of the roots, it is possible to irrigate with the introduction of Epin.

If there is a mealybug

You can defeat the pest on Crassula with soapy water. To prepare a safe solution, it is recommended to use either laundry soap or baby soap, it contains the least amount of additives and there is practically no perfume composition.

A small amount of soap, you can use liquid soap, placed in a spray bottle, diluted with water and shaken.
This liquid is used to treat a diseased plant.
The trunk and leaves are sprayed.
After that, the leaves should be carefully wiped with a cloth or cotton pad, mechanically removing plaque.

This must be done carefully, because the infected leaflets are weakened and can easily fall off. During spraying, the substrate must be covered with cellophane. To achieve the result, the procedure must be carried out within ten days. The fat girl will accept this method with gratitude, since it is absolutely harmless and effective.

To prevent the appearance of a mealybug, you can use infusions of garlic or tobacco, a decoction of cyclamen tubers. Such treatments are recommended 3-4 times a month. If the infection is strong enough and the plant has long been in the power of the pest, rescue will require the use of chemicals, such as:

Fitoverm;
Actara;
Spark "Double effect".

Important! Chemical treatment needs both the plant and the ground.

If a routine inspection is constantly carried out to timely detect infection of the plant, then the use of chemicals for treatment can be avoided. It is better to prevent diseases with the help of environmentally friendly methods - processing a money tree with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, tinctures of calendula or yarrow.

Only competent care is the key to the healthy development of the plant.