Dealing with the Worst Pest Infestation I’ve ever had! The mistake that cost my garden!

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  • Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024
  • Please babes learn from my mistakes in this video and check on your plants plus provide them with adequate airflow.
    Euonymus scales are rampaging my garden particularly Agloanema( chinese evergreen ) Here’s what they are , how to indentify and prevent them, and how to treat them omg
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Комментарии • 72

  • @Mayaa.sophie
    @Mayaa.sophie 4 дня назад +11

    What a beautiful video, unfortunately this is the bitter reality of a plant parent. 🌸You have shown me that it is often worth being more pragmatic with plants, thank you for that! Such a shame about your loss, but as you say, then there will be room for new plants. I'm already looking forward to your update ☺️✨

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  4 дня назад +9

      Aww I love how positive your comment is . Oh yes plants have made me a very pragmatic person. You can mop and sob. You have to be solution oriented and remain positive. Can’t wait to take you guys plant shopping and the restoration process of my garden

  • @Jenavcole
    @Jenavcole 3 дня назад +2

    I love the rawness of this video and your real reaction of you finding/treating these pests! I also love that you are sticking to plants that you do well with, I had to do that too as I just dont get ample light in my house and decided succulents and cacti arent my thing coming from an overwaterer lol😅

  • @hanstera_deliciosa
    @hanstera_deliciosa 2 дня назад +1

    Let us all drink some water while we appreciate this beautiful human stressing out about their pests. 🤗 I love you

  • @sailyx3jupy
    @sailyx3jupy 3 дня назад +2

    Turned a basic plant video into a full blown nigerian film 😂 your videos keep making me laugh more every new one that comes out.

  • @jaybaptiste1999
    @jaybaptiste1999 3 дня назад +1

    I’m glad you didn’t try to save those that were gone.❤❤❤

  • @BLANKU2
    @BLANKU2 4 дня назад +3

    I follow you cause your Aglaonema advice has changed my 4 little women into thiving plump Diva's. My one that looked dead in a LOWE's multi plant clearace pot just gave me four little babies popping up. I was like "See! TMPD did that for my chic's." Maybe the now hot season made them hatch out and brougt them to your door? I will pray to the Bonide Captain Jacks dead bug brew God's that your sustem. works and your women make a comeback tour. This is helpful to all of us who live and survive a pest struggle.

  • @sbaroke
    @sbaroke 4 дня назад +5

    Pests are the one thing in this hobby that really brings me down... it's a constant battle! Tomorrow morning I have a session booked fighting spider mites and aphids before they get out of hand. Sigh.

  • @ericab936
    @ericab936 4 дня назад +3

    Breathe breathe. I’m here panicking with u so let’s both calm down ☹️😄this is the down part of an outside garden. 🤞🏾

  • @turogers13
    @turogers13 4 дня назад +5

    Aglaonema's are the most underrated house plant 🪴
    They are so stunning without the drama of
    Calatheas.

    • @Jenavcole
      @Jenavcole 3 дня назад +1

      They are gorgeous I need to get one again!

  • @Puppylove82-gv3gm
    @Puppylove82-gv3gm 4 дня назад +5

    Ohh noooo!!! I'd be devastated. I'm so sorry! Treat EVERYTHING!

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  4 дня назад

      @@Puppylove82-gv3gm thank you !! I did spray as much plants that I could . Will keep spaying them down in the coming weeks

  • @simplydee4522
    @simplydee4522 4 дня назад +3

    My heart breaks for you. Unfortunate, but you'll survive. Good rule of thumb that you said ..."Pick your battles."

  • @wishingonthemoon1
    @wishingonthemoon1 4 дня назад +1

    Oh noooo I’m so so sorry I think you need to spend a week or two as those “people who do the most” you spilled the tea on in your gossip session. 😂 My heart goes out to you.

  • @jodyelkins1924
    @jodyelkins1924 4 дня назад +2

    Oh no im not going to have a nervous breakdown ! No truer words that ever needed to be repeated. I'm panicking with you. Great job taking care of the problem and not having a complete breakdown lol. Sometimes you have to toss out the problem plants. They are here to bring us joy not stress.

  • @kimwilliams-jenkinsatgmail3156
    @kimwilliams-jenkinsatgmail3156 3 дня назад +1

    Ebuka so sorry about your losses…. I can only imagine how you must feel but you are such a powerful example and teacher to share your mistake so we can learn from you… how can I send you a cup of coffee…

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  3 дня назад

      Aww thank you so much Kim!! I actually have a Buy Me a Coffee thing linked to my bio here , so do feel free to use it . Would mean alot

  • @jtaysma
    @jtaysma 4 дня назад +2

    When you got to the hibiscus I could tell that devastation was really setting in. Po baby! We are here with you!!

  • @gingercaudill7219
    @gingercaudill7219 4 дня назад +4

    Hey 👋 friend! Sorry to see such a horrible situation you have, as you said, please be mindful of your poor air circulation problem as well when thinking about filling up those garden holes, especially thankful for sharing with us the best plant practice of bin the plants with the infestations that are really bad and not look 👀 back, its really best for the collection as a whole! Thanks so much for kindly sharing your thoughts and experiences in the planty community! Lots of love ❤️ Ginger

  • @rachelzimmerman2773
    @rachelzimmerman2773 4 дня назад +2

    Aw man I feel ya! When I lived in FL I had scales, mealybugs, whiteflies, aphids (and maybe spider mites but I forget). Regardless of the pests, your garden looks ahhhmazing!

  • @MmmYams
    @MmmYams 2 дня назад

    You definitely saw a ghost 👻! I live in the Sonoran Desert (Phoenix, Arizona, USA), and I can relate to your experience of water coming out of the hose too hot. Our high temperatures go over 115 F (46 C) during the summer.

  • @Marxnchill
    @Marxnchill 2 дня назад

    I’m so sorry :( I feel your pain 😫

  • @Hollywiththeflowers
    @Hollywiththeflowers День назад

    Those scale are horrible, I feel your frustration with them. I find my fading millenial eyesight struggles to spot tiny pests fhat hide under leaves like that.
    The decimated your beautiful aglaonemas ☠️ that’s just rude

  • @dorothymcintosh-sims597
    @dorothymcintosh-sims597 2 дня назад

    Hello, I'm sad you're going through but you made me 😂..I'm not going to have a nervous breakdown.Please don't let them kill you.I enjoy you so much😊

  • @Sim_JFD
    @Sim_JFD 2 дня назад

    I always struggle with thrips infestations. Your Agoanemas served the same purpose as my Maranthas. Maranthas always get attacked with thrips so they work as canary in a coalmine. Luckily they're also resilient enough that I've nursed them back from a total crisp.

  • @RoxanneStewart-zq3bi
    @RoxanneStewart-zq3bi 4 дня назад

    How sad! You have such beautiful aglaonemas! I had this same infestation on my snake plants, and I threw them out and started over. Now I have nasty thrips on my hoyas! I'm looking out to see the new collection.😊

  • @miskadee3833
    @miskadee3833 4 дня назад +3

    I will not have a nervous breakdown- lol

  • @Katoriah-m2y
    @Katoriah-m2y 3 дня назад

    I really enjoyed ur plants for they so beautiful
    So sorry for this
    But thank God u don't lose 🙏 your Kool and break down

  • @lynnmartin1548
    @lynnmartin1548 4 дня назад +2

    Yes, the scales do their best at staying hidden out of sight.
    I am happy that you were able to salvage a few of your plants.

  • @doreenrichardson906
    @doreenrichardson906 4 дня назад

    So sorry- I garden outside and sometimes it’s helpful to sacrifice a plant to bring in beneficial insects is search of food.

  • @missyflutter5562
    @missyflutter5562 3 дня назад

    Insects are a part of nature don’t despair plants are tougher than you’ve given them credit for scale comes and goes with the season treat it easily with garlic and water in a spray bottle. I’ve been a horticulturalist for over 20 years….

  • @MiscellaneousMichelle
    @MiscellaneousMichelle 4 дня назад +1

    💚

  • @Lilithliin
    @Lilithliin 3 дня назад

    The speed of pests in the tropics has to be experienced to believe I think. We look at a wonderful plant, basking in the greatness of its beauty, and 10 SECONDS LATER that same plant is decimated.
    Sometimes I watch videos of colder climate girlies and the show some type of pest, and I channel my inner Crocidile Dundee and think “that’s not a pest!”
    I’ve been battling Hibiscus Bugs on my Grevillias and have been trying to not have the same nervous breakdown you are holding off.

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  3 дня назад +1

      Exactly!! Someone in the tropics gets it ! They spread so aggressively here and just seem to appear overnight. Urgh but what can one do ? Just take it as it is and enjoy the benefits of tropical gardening

    • @Lilithliin
      @Lilithliin 3 дня назад

      And buy more plants 😆

  • @mischa23406
    @mischa23406 4 дня назад +1

    Watching from the UK ❤

  • @shereeanderson6968
    @shereeanderson6968 4 дня назад

    Oh no!😟

  • @helenesolomon
    @helenesolomon 4 дня назад +1

    So sorry about losing some of your plants. Good thoughts to you from NJ

  • @Katoriah-m2y
    @Katoriah-m2y 3 дня назад

    I'm sorry about ur pest problem
    I am going thru white flies attack myself and root rot from those best
    Please set a spray date for them so sit doest reach that point ok and I use plant guards for the snail 🐌
    Ants 🐜
    Bugs 🐛 problems

  • @mizzwilzzzz7802
    @mizzwilzzzz7802 4 дня назад +1

    OMG I'm so sorry

  • @charliecgreenwelljr8011
    @charliecgreenwelljr8011 4 дня назад +1

    Support coming your way

  • @tamimargolin1559
    @tamimargolin1559 4 дня назад +1

    Yikes ! I’m in denial about some pests I have now ! Thanks for inspiring me to get going on it . Sending a cool breeze from Cali

  • @Planty-Mandy
    @Planty-Mandy 4 дня назад +1

    Oh no, not your beautiful aglaonemas. 😭 Scale is one thing I haven’t experienced yet, knock on wood!

  • @lavonpowell854
    @lavonpowell854 4 дня назад +1

    Treat every thing and everyone 😊

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  4 дня назад +1

      @@lavonpowell854 screaming @ everyone 🤣. But I get you!

    • @TheThrivingLady
      @TheThrivingLady 4 дня назад

      ​@@TheMillennialPlantDad LOL!!!! Me too!! Plants are people, too!! 😂

  • @chleda15
    @chleda15 3 дня назад

    NOT THE AGLAONEMAS!!! 😭

  • @PC-zg3eo
    @PC-zg3eo 4 дня назад

    I feel your pain. 😢

  • @mn4169
    @mn4169 4 дня назад +1

    So sad. Are they usual where you come from.
    How do you get rid of it. You need to treat all your plants

  • @doreenrichardson906
    @doreenrichardson906 4 дня назад

    Do you grow any flowering plants that would encourage predatory bugs? like ladybugs, wasps?

  • @suedobak4971
    @suedobak4971 4 дня назад

    Recently lost my Fernwood Mikado Sans to scale. It got down into the base of the plant & just could not get rid of it. Oh, well -- time to buy new plants. Best of luck with all your lovelies. From south central PA ,USA

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  4 дня назад +1

      Scales are the absolute worst pests. I will take a swarm of thrips over them ! And sometimes It’s best to just throw the plant away when the infestation is extreme. Thanks for watching 💚

  • @harcosclofc7176
    @harcosclofc7176 4 дня назад +1

    Oh Lord those beautiful plants, hope the philodendron did not catch it.

  • @bigpolyenergy
    @bigpolyenergy 3 дня назад

    I think those are thrips.. definitely not scale.

  • @MaggieArmenta672
    @MaggieArmenta672 3 дня назад

    Hi Ebuka, can you wash them with detergent, change soil etc I think once I had this issue with a cactus; but it takes time to get rid of that pest 😢 Gosh, I am going to have to check all my plants tomorrow during the day 🐛 OMG this is horrible 😮 even my head it’s itching 🙏🏼 Ebuka you took this issue calmly, how this happened to quickly?
    I hope you got some rest from today 😊 thanks for sharing

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  3 дня назад +1

      Thank you so much Maggie ! I have no choice but to be calm , I’ve faced this before and using a systemic is the only approach that works with these guys. And I certainly rested today. I had the best sleep ever

    • @MaggieArmenta672
      @MaggieArmenta672 3 дня назад

      @@TheMillennialPlantDad Ebuka you are right; going plant shopping is best 😊 and we will help you with that ❤ I will help send my Christmas 🎄 contribution to you ❤ 😂😂😂 Ebuka it’s like when you have kids & give them money but the joy is to see them enjoy spending in what they need & like 👍 so sweetie let’s have fun 🤩 December is here 🤪🤪🤪

  • @alma6six
    @alma6six 4 дня назад

    😩

  • @MariahBenson-j4t
    @MariahBenson-j4t 4 дня назад

    Fix it while it’s new issue.

  • @Audrey-ov4jm
    @Audrey-ov4jm 4 дня назад

    Sorry about the scales Ebuka 😮 My plants are also infested with scales, o my God! What kind of systemic do you use?

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  3 дня назад

      Urgh I hate scales. I use this brand called Provanto but any one would do .

  • @latanyamckenzie277
    @latanyamckenzie277 3 дня назад

    I hate that your plants are infested with scales. I've never seen those before. Mine has some kind of pest. I see the damage but not what's causing it.

  • @minerva9843
    @minerva9843 4 дня назад +11

    What do you mean get more plants? I understand the sentiment but wasn't it your last video where you said you needed to downsize your collection? It sounds like mother nature heard you and decided she would decide who should go since you couldn't. Are you going to be one of those plant girlies that you talk dirt about?

    • @TheMillennialPlantDad
      @TheMillennialPlantDad  4 дня назад +18

      Omg the way you all call me out lol 😂 I have sold off some of my plants and now I’m just gonna get some more to fill up that space 🤭. The never ending circle that we crazy plant people embark on

    • @minerva9843
      @minerva9843 4 дня назад +4

      Godspeed Sisyphus!

  • @lavonpowell854
    @lavonpowell854 4 дня назад +1

    Bring out youre nerm oil !

  • @msladyjune3285
    @msladyjune3285 4 дня назад +1

    I used systemic 3 times a year to keep bugs away. So sorry this happened to you.🪴Happy Planting🌿