8 Common Jade Plant Pests (and How to Deal With Them) Story

8 Common Jade Plant Pests (and How to Deal With Them)

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Common Jade Plant Pests & Diseases – The Essentials Jade Plants are attacked by aphids, mealybugs, scale insects, and spider mites. These are all treated with insecticidal soaps, Neem oil, or hand removal.

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The Most Common Jade Plant Pests and Diseases (& How to Identify Them)

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Bright white and almost fluffy-looking mealybugs are tiny pests that can cause a lot of damage. First, they directly damage Jade Plants by biting into the leaves and sucking out the sap.

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Spider mites aren’t a common problem on Jade Plants, but they can move over from a more readily infested plant in the nursery or at your home.

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You may notice a raised brown or black spot on a leaf that seems to move every once in a while. It’s not mechanical damage; it’s an insect known as a scale.

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Tiny and green in most cases, aphids are hard to spot until they start leaving sunken spots in the leaves.

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