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  • I have a 'weeping fig' that's what it says on the tag in the pot. Everyone calls it a ficus. it's very health with lots of new growth lately. I looked today and there is a waxy little 'blob' tiny, about the size of a seed bead or smaller, on the bottom of some/a lot of the leaves, at the base of the leaf, where it meets the stem. It looks like it's a natural thing, like the plant is producing it. But this is in an office, so if it's a bug or a home for a bug, i need to remove it from the office immediatly and treat it. Please help my baby?

    9/24/200810:23:23 AM Link 0 comments | Add comment

    Ficus is the genus name for all figs. If this is an insect it sounds like it could be an aphid or possibly scale. If that's the case you'll see multiple instances of the insect on some leaves/stems. Aphids and scale can be treated with Neem Oil or other organic insecticides. If there is a single bump at the base of every leaf it's probably just the internode, which is where next season's growth will come from. If you ever see one of these things moving it's an aphid. If it smears or rubs away then its scale. If it breaks off as if its a part of the plant then its the internode.

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