Hibiscus buds have white crust on them

Buds and tips of branches have white crust on them. These plants are in big pots.

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#1 Comment By Alisma On 10/31/2016 @ 4:09 pm

This could be an insect infestation with scale insects. Mealybugs and anow scale are two types of scale insect that can attack hibiscus. See these articles for help:

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/control-plant-scale.htm ^[1]
http://garden.org/nga/searchqa/answer/85344/ ^[2]
http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/type/p_strach.htm ^[3]
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/mealybugs-control.htm ^[4]
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/mealybug/mealybug.htm ^[5]

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[1] https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/control-plant-scale.htm: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/control-plant-scale.htm

[2] http://garden.org/nga/searchqa/answer/85344/: http://garden.org/nga/searchqa/answer/85344/

[3] http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/type/p_strach.htm: http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/type/p_strach.htm

[4] https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/mealybugs-control.htm: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/mealybugs-control.htm

[5] http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/mealybug/mealybug.htm: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/mealybug/mealybug.htm

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