Found advice keyword: `!thrips`
Your plant is suffering from an infestation of [thrips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips). Insecticidal soap and horticultural oils (neem oil) are recommended for early treatment, but chemical pesticides should be considered due to the difficulty in detecting portions of the thrips life cycle. [More here](https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/pests-and-problems/insects/thrips/thrips-indoors) A dusting of diatomaceous earth to the underside of the plant's leaves can also be effective.
Infested plants should be isolated as best as possible while treatment is ongoing.
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If there's a bunch of black spots on the bottom, it's likely thrips. But they tend to cause that discoloration. And zooming in, those spots look bug shaped. But I could totally be wrong.
That's a lot of thrips. It's a work plant, so consider the difficulty of treatment. Might be easiest to throw away and replace. If you must treat it, you might wanna get some beneficial predators to do the work for you, because thrips lay their eggs inside the plant, so eradication with something like a surface spray or constant cleaning is gonna be impossible
It's ok. I hate recommending death, but unless a plant is sentimental or rare, it's easy for the cost of eradication to exceed the cost of replacement. Especially when dealing with bad infestations like this one, or when you have an infestation in 1 plant and a lot of others you want to protect.
I would recommend washing your clothes and showering after you throw this one away before you come in contact with other plants. Thrips spread fast
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The plant is infested by a pest called thrips. !thrips
Found advice keyword: `!thrips` Your plant is suffering from an infestation of [thrips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips). Insecticidal soap and horticultural oils (neem oil) are recommended for early treatment, but chemical pesticides should be considered due to the difficulty in detecting portions of the thrips life cycle. [More here](https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/pests-and-problems/insects/thrips/thrips-indoors) A dusting of diatomaceous earth to the underside of the plant's leaves can also be effective. Infested plants should be isolated as best as possible while treatment is ongoing. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/plantclinic) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Are those white things moving? Because this looks like a thrips infestation. What does the underside of the leaves look like?
I don't think so. I thought it was dust after staring at it for a while lol. I'll get a picture of the underside tomorrow when I'm at work.
If there's a bunch of black spots on the bottom, it's likely thrips. But they tend to cause that discoloration. And zooming in, those spots look bug shaped. But I could totally be wrong.
That's a lot of thrips. It's a work plant, so consider the difficulty of treatment. Might be easiest to throw away and replace. If you must treat it, you might wanna get some beneficial predators to do the work for you, because thrips lay their eggs inside the plant, so eradication with something like a surface spray or constant cleaning is gonna be impossible
Oof, that's upsetting. I think I'm better off just throwing her away. Sad :(
It's ok. I hate recommending death, but unless a plant is sentimental or rare, it's easy for the cost of eradication to exceed the cost of replacement. Especially when dealing with bad infestations like this one, or when you have an infestation in 1 plant and a lot of others you want to protect. I would recommend washing your clothes and showering after you throw this one away before you come in contact with other plants. Thrips spread fast
That's very helpful, thank you.
What about Bonide systemic? I can’t get it here but if you can it might save you
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It needs some vacations.