Glossary
Mealybug
A sap-sucking pest that looks like small patches of white sticky cotton wool around areoles or in the roots. It moves, so it spreads faster than scale, and it can carry witch's broom between plants, growers say.
Words that go with it
- QuarantineGrowers call it keeping a newly bought plant well away from your others for a period…
- ScaleA sap-sucking pest that looks like small white, tan or brown dots stuck to the skin.
- SpinosadGrowers call it an insecticide used against thrips and mites.
- SpringtailGrowers call it a tiny harmless insect often mistaken for a pest.
- ThripsGrowers call it tiny elongated insects that feed at the growing tip and leave tan…
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