Does anyone know what the white faomy stuff is on my plants in my garden?
Answers:
Occasionally gardeners notice some pretty strange looking white stuff on their plants. It might look foamy white, or it could appear cottony or powdery white. All this white ‘stuff' is actually produced by three distinct little insects that can, from time to time, find there way on your plants.
The first and probably most common is the white cottony substance, produced by cochineal scale. The cotton is a waxy substance secreted by the insect underneath, a tiny, bright red soft-bodied scale. It is exclusively found on prickly pear cacti.
Other answers:
If it looks like foamy spit, it is from what we call a spittle bug. They are usually in hay crops such as alfalfa, clover, and grass here in Indiana. I don't see it as much anymore. I don't know where you are from, but that's what it sounds like to me.
If it looks like foamy spit, it is from what we call a spittle bug. They are usually in hay crops such as alfalfa, clover, and grass here in Indiana. I don't see it as much anymore. I don't know where you are from, but that's what it sounds like to me.
sounds like cuckoo spit. you'll probably find little insects inside the white foam. it looks unsightly but doesn't harm the plant.