Pesticides won't work because the plant is dormant this time of the year. In
any case, what would have been needed is a fungicide not a pesticide.

If the fungal infection is far enough along that it is producing fruiting
bodies, the plant is already too far gone to save.


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Take a probe (toothpick) and poke around the fuzzy stuff, if what is
inside is squishy and tan or orangish in color you have an infestation
of mealy bugs which feed on the plant by piercing it and sucking out
the juices. The white fuzzy part is how they protect themselves from
predators.
You can knock them down a bit by giving the plant a good warm shower
but will most likely need to resort to pesticides.

isabel wrote:
A friend suggested i try here for help even though it is a garden
group.....

I have a ponytail palm that i have had for about a year. I have
recently married and moved from GA to TN...and i guess my plant is
telling me that he doesn't like it here! He has some
kind of white mold fuzzy stuff....forgive my description, but that's
what it looks like. It is on the leaves and down where the leaves come
from the plant. Do you have any suggestions to help me help my plant?
I love this plant and hate to lose it....i did try a local gardening
center...but to no avail. The clerk didn't seem to have any
suggestions that....she was 'filling in'.

thanks for any advice!

isabel