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Andy2019
Sep 3, 2023 7:51 PM CST
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California (Zone 10a)
Attached is my Thai chili pepper and I notice the white stuff on its branch. These are 2 years old. Do you know what it is? I have two Thai chili pepper plants in the ground and they both have this white stuff. But all the ones I have in containers don't have it.

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Weedwhacker
Sep 3, 2023 8:40 PM CST
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(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
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Aphids?
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Sep 3, 2023 11:19 PM CST
Name: John
Pomona/Riverside CA (Zone 9a)
Scale, more likely.
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kniphofia
Sep 3, 2023 11:40 PM CST
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A heavy infestation of scale or mealy bug.
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Sep 4, 2023 12:54 AM CST
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Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a)
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A bit blurry but looks like mealy bugs to me, a pretty bad case of them.
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crawgarden
Sep 4, 2023 9:19 AM CST
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Thinking Mealy bugs
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plantladylin
Sep 4, 2023 12:54 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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sallyg
Sep 7, 2023 6:48 AM CST
Name: Sally
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I think we all agree, it's bugs of some kind. Blinking
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Arico
Sep 11, 2023 3:12 PM CST
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Bilzen, Belgium (Zone 8a)
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I concur with the above options. Either way, some horticultural soap will alleviate and hopefully get rid of the problem entirely.
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Sep 24, 2023 10:02 AM CST
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Pretty easy to distinguish. Wooly aphids can fly and jump.
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