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How To Identify And Treat Scale On Your House Plants
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Scale bugs are small, oval and flat, with a protective brown shell-like covering.
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Sometimes scale is hard to identify as it looks like brown marks on plants, but scale bugs generally target leaves and stems.
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You can tell it is scale and not an abrasion if you can gently scrape it off your plants.
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Scale can spread quickly among plants that are close together
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Once you identify you have scale, it’s important to act fast! Spray your plants down with
neem oil
or diluted rubbing alcohol to kill the scale bugs.
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Gently wipe down your plants with your neem oil or rubbing alcohol solution until the scale is removed.
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