Video:Indoor Plant Problems and Solutionswith Ray Emrich If you
want your indoor plants to look healthy and robust, you need to
take action quickly when you see problems. Here are some common
plant problems and solutions.See Transcript Transcript:Indoor
Plant Problems and SolutionsHi , my name is Ray Emrich. I am a
technician for Manhattan Plant Experts here in New York City,
and I am here for About.com. Today we are going to discuss some
of the most common pests and environmental problems that plants
have growing indoors. Scale ProblemsRight here, we have a Hoya
plant which has a very bad case of scale. Scale is basically a
very minute insect, which you probably can not see. The leaves
tend to get little brown bumpy spots on the undersides of the
leaves and that is actually the scale insect protecting itself
with the dried-up sap that it sucks out of the leaf. That is
also what causes the leaves to turn yellow, as you can see.
Another sign that you have scale is when you start to get these
shiny or sticky wh