Plants That Don't Get Pests 🪳 10 Houseplants That I've Never Found Pests On

[@laceyerickson1262]

If you're 420 friendly, I've heard spider mites hate the smoke. Which explains why I have never had an issue with them. 😂😂

[@susanwilkinson867]

I’ve been a houseplant owner for more than 35 years, during that time the only plants I’ve ever had pests on were my cacti collection, every winter they ended up being infested when I overwintered them inside to the point I no longer keep them. I currently I have just over 100 plants and I watch everyone on KZbin struggling with pests and count myself very lucky that I’m pest free. I don’t quarantine new plants either

[@MikeyDonna]

I could have written this! I’ve had plants most of my 80 years and the only plant I ever had was scale on a philodendron that my neighbor gave me when she moved. I didn’t even try to save it, just threw it out. At the moment I have 10 different species and 6 of them were just featured in this video. Donna

[@nknight5228]

What is your secret

[@CK_29]

I love my ZZ so much. I have gifted cuttings to new plant owners with the recommendation that you water it as often as you pay your mortgage.

[@aplantprocess]

This was great. Love hearing about plants that are likely to be pest resilient. They go right to the top of the wish list. Thank you!

[@Womynxx]

First of all, I love the sweater. So cute! 2nd of all I laughed so hard when you were talking about poles in the bedroom. 😂 3rd of all I have a few of these plants (pothos, zz, pepperomia) and when I think about it I’ve never really had pest issues with those either. I saw 1 mealy on my Carnosa queen over the summer and I just knew there had to be more but gf I haven’t seen another one on it. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Hopefully it stays that way. Thanks, Claire!

[@pinstripesuitandheels]

That's good to know! I got a Ficus Lyrata delivered yesterday, and it came with hard bodied scale. It is my most expensive plant, and I was gutted when I noticed it. I've tried to remove the beasties, and treated the plant with neem oil. I also had to cut off a few leaves to be able to reach the scale on the petiole and stem. In my research how to treat for scale, I did come across a video about a ZZ with scale. You must be taking very good care of these plants not to ever have had pests on them!

[@Angela-lo5bw]

Oh. Lord. My Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma is my thrips MAGNET. I brought it in as one of my first plants. And it had thrips from the beginning. The battle is never ending. Whatever I do. That dramatic bastard is the reason why any of my plants have thrips. It's living, it's growing. But she just always has thrips.

[@sallyfisher7389]

I was about to comment the same, but I think mine looks more similar to Emmas plant...... do you know if yours is tissue couture? x

[@moniquesmeadow]

Same here! My r. tetras are definite thrip magnets!

[@I_dont_need_more]

I want to cry! 😢😭 checked the plants sitting on my desk at work and noticed some unusual brown spots on my golden pothos. After looking quite closely, I saw a tiny black bug in the folds of a new leaf 😭😭😭😭😭 after 15 years, my work companion has thrips! Whipping out the big guns while it’s early…here come the granules and Neem oil!

[@victorb145]

The yellow of dying leaves may attract past. I've never really thought about it, but that's probably very true. Time for me to go fertilize the like button.

[@rrenatabp]

I had mealy bugs on my snake plant but surprisingly they didn't really affect the plant that much

[@itan96]

The plant that never had pest is my peace lily, which is at least 10 years old... It had other issues, though, but now, after 10 years it looks better than ever! It's huge, it flowers almost all year round (one or two flowers at the time, but still...) .

[@dora9368]

Hi Claire and beautiful Jolie. Seeing a glimpse of Jolie was nice hope to see her more 😊 TFS

[@onestrangeanimal3212]

I find the Alocasia cuprea to be a really easy-care species and not susceptible to pests, even though it's an alocasia.

[@prismatica8416]

I absolutely adore my golden pothos. It was my very first plant 3 years ago and has survived all sorts of abuse. Usually i kept it cut back and bushy looking, but this year i havent cut it back since spring and ive gotten my vines to grow over 6 ft this year alone. I look away for a second and get 6 inches of growth, its so satisfying.

[@katie77r]

My Aglaonema Valentine had Mealies and my Dieffenbachia had spider mites...apart from that they've never had anything else, with 70+ plants that's pretty lucky. Thanks for the great video Claire 😊💖🪷

[@elsaclaire7138]

Hi Claire from a French Claire, when I saw you in pink I thought that you were in the "pink Oktober" mood. In France it's the colour of the month Oktober against breast cancer, so you see a lot of people at least wearing a pink ribbon on their chest or a pink t-shirt or pullover... Pity you didn't put a list of pest-free plants, their name is only a very short time on the screen. otherwise very informative video, I subscribed straightaway, Best regards from Alsace.

[@saramulry]

I had a severe ongoing mealy bug infestation in my apartment, partially due to me not realizing they had taken up residence in some old wooden shelves I had 🤦🏻‍♀️ Years later a roommate brought in a plant from a big box store that had mealy bugs-again! I lost absolutely every one of my pothos, most of my other plants, but my two Agena silver queens were unbothered and have been with me since day 1!

[@e.7705]

What is your pest checking routine? Magnifying glass + checking leaves?

[@Beeslicious]

Your top is sooo flattering on you friend!

[@Anil18834]

Hi Claire, your hair looks so beautiful when you leave it down ❤ Thanks for your recommendations!

[@charliecgreenwelljr8011]

I have had Euphorbias, Sanseverias and Aloes for years and am with you on not getting pests besides scale if I don’t watch it.

[@TheOnlyOneOnceMore]

I think this colour suits you INCREDIBLY well though! 😍 INCREDIBLY 😁

[@rosewagner4018]

I love all agleonemas! They are beautiful, easy care and under rated. I thought I saw mealies on my snake plant when it was outside in the summer. They are gone now. 🤞🏻. Fingers crossed.

[@--Paws--]

I think the golden pothos being the only plant I've had when I moved made the plants I got afterwards not have any pests at all. The only inconvenience I have are fungus gnats but they are not even detrimental. The pothos perhaps made a shield or even a deterrence to pests since there was nothing else I've had for a long while. Hopefully, nothing does devastate my plants in the future.

[@suzannelittle8150]

My Zz plant which is quite a whooper, did have scale once, not many, but I noticed sticky leaves and sure enough there where horrid scale insects lurking. There weren’t many so easy to get rid of.

[@margaretrogers9861]

I've been plant parent for 2 years now and so far I haven't had pest problem. However I have had issues with fungas and bacteria infections.

[@margaretrogers9861]

Fungus

[@PeteDunes]

@@margaretrogers9861 *"had issues with fungi"

[@thelioness3305]

I battle Thripes with my potos. Only the golden not the Lime. Crazy. Something tries to eat the leaves too. weirdest thing

[@therealsassyama682]

I am normally a quiet fan of yours, Claire. I enjoy your and goodgrowing's content on IG and on youtube but today I need to speak up... Idk what you did in this video, maybe it's the lighting or the pink fuzzy sweater, but you look glowing and more gorgeous than usual :D have a great day!

[@ChristyD97]

The only thing I like about winter.....is less pests. I'm already seeing a decline in my mealy bugs, which are my only pests as of yet. My aglaonemas have also never had any pests, which is one of the reasons I love them.

[@lovesyorkies3395]

My manjula pothos grows like crazy! I have it at work in a NE facing window, bright indirect light. I’ve propagated cuttings and given away so many since taking it to work. Enjoyed this video! Knock on wood, I’ve never dealt with thrips or scale. I almost had an outbreak of mealybugs about a year ago, stayed on top of it though.

[@suzycaso]

Thats exactly what I was going to say ,I've got mine in 4 pots from 2 little cuttings , one of the four is a massive big pot and it's full , I do love it

[@finefoliage]

My sansevieria have never had pests...had them for over 20 years, nearly killed through neglect years ago, but managed to save them 😃

[@annemariekoppelaar-passiev5771]

My string of hearts (normal and variegated) never got any pests so far. I have to say though I never encountered spider mites in my collection, only thrips, mealy bugs and scale

[@ElviraSongalla]

Its not easy to take care Plants inside your home admire you the most you sustain and very healthy if theres one plants get pests my experience i remove it why they will spread tru all the plants beside her or else buy some liquid spray to avoid spreading out only my opinions from Philippines

[@danielang168]

First to comment... woot! Hi, from the Philippines 😊

[@Carey.S75]

I had an infestation of Western Flower Thrips this year and they attacked just about every single plant, including my Sansevieria, Hoyas, and Ficus elastica One of the worst Thrips to control, and they do so much damage to your plants. The only thing that stopped the cycle and killed them was something called a Sulfume HotBox, which releases a sulphur vapour into the air. The best bit is it kills other pests, too 😊 But this is something that can't be used in a household environment, so not everyone can benefit from this, which is a shame. It saves me so much time and money in controlling pests now.

[@sommyxox]

How did you use the treatment? Did you move your plants into a shed or a spare room before treating?

[@Carey.S75]

@sommyxox I have a plant room where I use the Sulphur HotBox through the night for 8 hrs after lights out. It's so easy because it treats all your plants in one go. If I ever have a bad infestation, I will do 3 consecutive nights and then every 5th night for 6 weeks for 6 hrs. So far, it has kept everything away since the last intensive treatment. Through the late spring, summer, and autumn every year, I will be running the HotBox twice weekly. This is my first year using it, and I highly recommend it. You just have to make sure that there are no lights or fans on, and air the room in the morning. I hope this answers your question 🙏

[@jessgale8687]

Hi Claire thanks for another great video! That jumper looks lovely on you! The colour suits your complexion beautifully 😊 On another note, I was wondering if you had any suggestions of plants that don't mind lower humidity/drier conditions? Take care! ❤

[@LizzyDel]

All of my Pothos plants died to thrips. They seem to be an extreme magnet of them and mealy bugs.

[@niels-brouwer]

In general I've been quite lucky that I haven't had many issues with pests, but this summer some of my cacti and succulents suddenly all had root mealies. I feel like I've finally managed to get rid of them, but it was horrible to have to deal with and sadly caused a few casualties. Fingers crossed you won't ever get those, as they'd probably spread like wildfire before you know it if you reuse the water for all your plants.

[@SparkleInMoonlight]

Claire, you are lucky not to have found pests on these plants yet and I do hope it stays that way. From my experience, pests eat anything available, only some plants last longer before being severely damaged. I had spidermites on ZZ Zenzi, spidermites on Sansevieria trifasciata Lauren (both cases they caused only little damage - but I saw them running around), I had spidermites and thrips combined on Manjula pothos (after a year long fight, not much was left and I ended up throwing the Manjula away), I caught thrips larvae on my Aglaonema Red Zircon and on even on my cacti and echeveria (that was very hard to believe, but I found thrips larvae in their soil from a shop). Majority of the plants I bought from online shops had some pests in the soil (spidermites, thrips larvae). My only plants that (so far) never had pests is a no-name crassula and my Sansevieria Hahnii (even when surrounded by pests, they didn´t climb on her and didn´t cause any damage). Honorable mention: my Alocasia Silver Dragon had thrips larvae on it when I bought her, I started treating it immediately and they caused hardly any damage, she lost no leaves and just kept growing - very hardy plant and I love her for her resilience.

[@TheAnnez0r]

I dumped almost all of my succulents (mainly echeverias) because of pests. Thrips would go in the tiniest of cracks in between the leaves, you can't really wipe them off otherwise you remove the powder on the echeveria, they don't tolerate pesticide much UGH. Doing that move overall has reduced my thrips infestation in half. Unlike you, I've never got pest from online dealers, but I keep getting some when I shop close by to the point that I don't think I will anymore (at least not the shop in question). An alocasia with pests at least is easy to wipe and monitor :)

[@MissSyrinxie]

I am suffering from a case of mealy bugs on my hoya carnosa right now 😅😭 it has been the bane of my existence. I keep treating it and they keep coming back! Maybe someday I'll conquer them lol

[@andyx6827]

I would add Monstera Deliciosa to this list. I have so many, I just neglect them and none of them had any pests whatsover :)

[@DoraTheExplora50]

TFS Claire. Hello there Jolie 😊

[@narutoboybv7906]

my hoya carnosa( all 3 actually,green,outer and inner variegated) are magnets for mealybugs. also aloe vera is only one species. the other ones are different aloe species

[@laceyrushworth9823]

My Norfolk pine, my weeping fig never get pests and boston fern

[@charissecarrigan2945]

Besides my any of my pothos, peperomia ginny, scindapsus, aglaonema, snake plant and zz's, so far...I've never had pests on my dieffenbachia Tropic snow, nor my Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus, and amazingly enough, my philodendron tiger tooth (jungle boogie) has never experienced pests. But my croton seems to get hit with spider mite at least once a year when autumn comes around, and a couple of my hoyas have had spider mite, and one hoya with mealy bug (but caught it early).

[@paula9458_]

I think Euphorbia might be very resistant to pest because the genus is quite toxic.

[@Willcrochet]

I've had scale on a sansevieria that I found after I brought it home.

[@sherrib4412]

How do you get rid of aphids? Ive been adding to my collection and few yrs ago i had an outbreak and lost several of my plants

[@dianebennett4440]

Whiteflies love sanseveria. They lay their eggs at the base.

[@andreatrawick4685]

I bought a Sansevieria from a big box store and found spider mites unfortunately.

[@latanyamckenzie277]

Ive had spidermites on sansaveria. I have several kinds but only one has had it.

[@silviap4478]

Don't judge me, but my Calatheas never had any pests. I literally had the Monstera adansonii next to them, full with thrips. And they never got anything. Knock on wood, they are my easiest plants. As for TC and different plant behaviors: my Monstera deliciosa is a strange one. It doesn't behave at all like other ones I see online. It's really slow growing (1 leaf every 2-3 months), it gets plenty of light and fertilizer and the roots are growing well. It stays really compact (I can only get one finger in between internodal spaces and I cannot take cuttings, because the stem is too tiny) and it sizes up really quickly (the fourth leaf already had fenestrations). I don't know what I have, but I love this plant and even though I have no space for it, it's these differences that make me want to keep it

[@aaronbrewerhester335]

Manjula will grow fast on a pole and slow hanging usually

[@aprilfoote8700]

What did you treat your fungas gnats with?

[@katiek4875]

I've used Nematodes this autumn twice and it definitely wiped alot out but still have some about which must have hatched this week- so frustrating.

[@PeteDunes]

@@katiek4875 Nematodes are useless; costly, have a limited shelf life, and don't always give the best result. My method kills them within 5 weeks on all plants, and is super cheap. I never understood why continue to struggle to get rid of them, because they're by far the easiest pest to kill.

[@musicalmarion]

I've never had pests on Tradescantia or Spider Plants, or Peace Lily, but fungus gnats are a real pain whatever the plant

[@bertasylvia2572]

I love yolie I hope I spelled that right. What a beautiful sweetheart. Can you show her more

[@viivisaarinen8892]

I have quite bad infestation of thrips right now but they seem to hate my ming aralia 👀

[@TajmToCook]

06:27 You are wrong... it receives a lot of light from TV 😅

[@nakikiish]

Every ZZ I have owned has had scale bugs 😢

[@DieDieEla]

My varigated peperomia obtisifolia gets spidermites every now and then. Just like my pothos n'joy

[@simplydee4522]

Any thoughts on the hoya carnosa compacta (rubra wax)?

[@debbibowen]

The only plant that has ever had mealybugs for me. Due to their leaves, almost impossible to remove with using a systemic.

[@Court_in_Yellow]

My golden pothos are the only ones giving me problems with mealy bugs 😢🙄

[@mariediamond9741]

I’ve gotten scale on my zz plant. I abhor scale.

[@natashaoreilly7072]

💕💕

[@myrtematthijs4994]

My peperomia is full of scale 🥲

[@ilvabeerza]

The second I see any "plant guru" showing a weak and floppy aloe vera saying its doing great, I lose trust in them. 😅 How can I trust anything else being said, when the person doesn't even know what a healthy aloe looks like?

[@rahulagrawal8090]

You are such a gorgeous ...

[@saanacarita]

My manjula grows super fast but it's under a very strong grow light (Arcadia Jungle Dawn LED bar). Unfortunately I just spotted some spider mites on it this week 🥲 I hope to get rid of them asap 'cause it's suuuch a beautiful plant. 🥹

[@sandylockhart3172]

I’ve had 2 pothos that had mealy bugs

[@eckehareckbert2731]

Never in pothos but only of my Zz plant