Big Trouble Little Ficus

[sorce]

It totally was scale Bro!!! Sh*t!!!! What are you doing to treat yours. Any natural oils?

I’m combing over mine with a fine tooth comb to get all of them off.....

Just flipping picking burning and squishing.

Centipedes in the soil for sure. They take care of the soil bound stage of em.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

You think now would be a bad time to repot it?

I just repotted mine right before I found em.
But of I would have known, I might not have.

It's already showing signs of being happy to be "rid" of them, got the buds I been waiting for!

Sunny Side.

Sorce

 

[rollwithak]

Yeah I see that Fer.... You scratch that sombich off?

Is scratching it off all you did to treat?

 

[greenman63]

My ficus can take about as much direct sun as you can give them, and our summers here regularly approach or exceed upper 90s, with summer temps on my front porch exceeding 100 on a daily basis. I keep my ficus either in humidity trays or not, but that depends on sun, pot size and shape, placement and also affects watering habits for me, so the trays are not always optional. I rarely water every single day for any of my trees, and I have well over 60 just on my front porch at this point between prebonsai, saplings and mature trees. Ficus can take a few days of heat and dry soil before getting unduly stressed, but really extreme temps will require vigilance. I've not had problems with overwatering a ficus. They are resistant to most pests, but not immune. I have Green Island/microcarpa, Benjamina and Retusa. Neem oil and other essential oils mixed with oil soap and water in a spray bottle can definitely help with fungus and pests, and I also do root/soil drenches of neem, soap and water from time to time to combat fungus and mites.