I had this weird growth on a dwarf umbrella tree. It got so bad that it killed half of the tree, and after a year of trying to get rid of the stuff I finally gave up and just threw away the tree. It was covered. I used "safe" soaps, and scrubbed the small spots away every week - all with no luck.

I never had the problem with any of my other houseplants - until today. A month after throwing away the tree, I discovered the growth starting on another plant. I broke off the 2 stems that were covered, and sprayed the entire plant.

Does anyone know what this is? There are no webs, or anything crawling, I see no bugs. Should I just throw out my newly infected plant or is there a cure?

Thanks!

I uploaded pictures to photobucket :

I now fear for my jades!

Thanks!

You might consider checking out the House Plants forum and reading up on the zillions of threads that discuss how people deal with scale and other pests, including how to avoid them in the first place.