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Ficus ginseng looks like it's growing white cotton

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Posted 8 years 5 months ago #28817
Hi friends! I have three bonsai trees, all ficus ginseng's of varying heights and statues. I recently left the house for two weeks for Christmas and in those two weeks, the heating broke, so it was 16 degrees celcius or lower in my room. So, all my ficuses have lost all their leafs and I'm trying really hard to stay optimistic by feeding them and putting them in the light and sun, but now the big one has started to grow something that looks a bit like cotton and the soil has white spots in it. Another of my ficuses had the white spots too but recovered from it sometime last year. What is it? Can it be fixed? I tried to get a good shot of the cotton but I don't have a macro lens. Thanks so much for your time!

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Posted 8 years 5 months ago #28818
you have mealy bugs on the plant.

A fig should not drop the leaves just because it has been 16 degrees for a bit. Something else has happened.
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Posted 8 years 5 months ago #28820
Thanks for your thoughts! They're not moving though, is that normal? What can I do about it?
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Posted 8 years 5 months ago #28823
was it watered during those two weeks, it looks hopeless, sorry.
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Posted 8 years 5 months ago #28824
Hi: thanks for your answer. I'm getting help on another forum though so I don't need any more help, but I can't find a way to delete this post.
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