We had an extremely wet spring. And now a lot of plants in our garden
have this white, cotton-like fuzzy stuff on some of the stems and stem
axes. It reminds me of mealy bugs but I have only ever seen those
indoors before. Can anyone guess what we have please?

In article
,
Phaedrine Stonebridge wrote:

We had an extremely wet spring. And now a lot of plants in our garden
have this white, cotton-like fuzzy stuff on some of the stems and stem
axes. It reminds me of mealy bugs but I have only ever seen those
indoors before. Can anyone guess what we have please?

Mites?

Phaedrine Stonebridge said:


We had an extremely wet spring. And now a lot of plants in our garden
have this white, cotton-like fuzzy stuff on some of the stems and stem
axes. It reminds me of mealy bugs but I have only ever seen those
indoors before. Can anyone guess what we have please?

Well, I hope these aren't fungus patches. Pythium rots will produce patches
of white fuzz, and has been reported at higher than usual rates this year, due
to the wet weather.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

In Georgia we have mealy bugs outside. You can occasionally see them
as well as their telltale residue. Spraying with Safer's agricultural
soap has always worked for me but some swear by isopropyl alcohol.

In article ,
(Jan Flora) wrote:

In article
,
Phaedrine Stonebridge wrote:

We had an extremely wet spring. And now a lot of plants in our garden
have this white, cotton-like fuzzy stuff on some of the stems and stem
axes. It reminds me of mealy bugs but I have only ever seen those
indoors before. Can anyone guess what we have please?

Mites?


I never saw mites like that.

In article ,
wrote:

In Georgia we have mealy bugs outside. You can occasionally see them
as well as their telltale residue. Spraying with Safer's agricultural
soap has always worked for me but some swear by isopropyl alcohol.


OK I will try Safers. I always used alcohol on my ficus trees (indoor)
but that is not practical outdoors. Thanks!

In article ,
(Pat Kiewicz) wrote:

Phaedrine Stonebridge said:


We had an extremely wet spring. And now a lot of plants in our garden
have this white, cotton-like fuzzy stuff on some of the stems and stem
axes. It reminds me of mealy bugs but I have only ever seen those
indoors before. Can anyone guess what we have please?

Well, I hope these aren't fungus patches. Pythium rots will produce patches
of white fuzz, and has been reported at higher than usual rates this year, due
to the wet weather.


We had an extremely wet spring here so that is also a possibility I
guess--- if it is white and cotton-like in appearance. Thanks. I will
look it up to see.

Here in Central Texas we had an "epidemic" this year of leaf hoppers
that cover themselves in white cottony material. A good squirt of a
solution of regular old soap will usually control them, though you may
have to repeat it. No need to buy special insecticidal soap.

Monique

Phaedrine Stonebridge wrote:

We had an extremely wet spring. And now a lot of plants in our garden
have this white, cotton-like fuzzy stuff on some of the stems and stem
axes. It reminds me of mealy bugs but I have only ever seen those
indoors before. Can anyone guess what we have please?

In article ,
Monique Reed wrote:

Phaedrine Stonebridge wrote:

We had an extremely wet spring. And now a lot of plants in our garden
have this white, cotton-like fuzzy stuff on some of the stems and stem
axes. It reminds me of mealy bugs but I have only ever seen those
indoors before. Can anyone guess what we have please?

Here in Central Texas we had an "epidemic" this year of leaf hoppers
that cover themselves in white cottony material. A good squirt of a
solution of regular old soap will usually control them, though you may
have to repeat it. No need to buy special insecticidal soap.

Monique


OK thanks so much, Monique.

Phae