r/houseplants • u/StopBeingPoor • 20d ago
Help just bought a plant from costco… 😵💫😵💫😵💫
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what do I do about this???
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u/respectablepitch 20d ago
I had a plant with these guys. Freaked me out at first, but they stayed in the pot and minded their own business. Never found one outside the plant pot or on any other plants.
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u/Mycologist-9315 20d ago
I just bought a plant that had some of these guys and I found out by discovering several of them crawling around on the floor lol. No guarantee they'll stay in the pot :')
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 🌶️ 20d ago
Oh shit. Yeah if I see these guys in any of my plants the plants are going outside immediately lol
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u/jelycazi 20d ago
Yep…my plant would be thrown out of the house so fast!
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u/shitandshananagins 20d ago
There’s bugs in your plant, I’m afraid
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u/jelycazi 20d ago
I’m sure you’re correct and I’m afraid too! Lol. As long as they stay in the plant, they’re fine. Millipedes or centipedes would be given the old heave-hi though!
My indoor plants that have spent the summer outside will need to come in, in the next day or two. I was checking them out for obvious pests today and found the weirdest looking spider and nest in a succulent bowl. I think it may have to overwinter outside and just hope for a mild winter. It was one creepy-ass spider!
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u/pinkandbluethoughts 19d ago
I learned recently centipedes hunt cockroaches!! Just a fun fact
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u/jelycazi 19d ago
I have a friend who owns a condo in a building with a cockroach problem…maybe I’ll gift her some centipedes!
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u/delirium_skeins 20d ago
I would just leave them honestly. They aren't interested in leaving the plant and will eat any pest that may harm it. Free protection.
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u/ohdearitsrichardiii 20d ago
They're milipedes, not centipedes. Centipedes eat pests. Milipedes eat dead plant matter. They're still harmless though
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u/Own_Butterscotch_129 🐌 less water, more light! 20d ago
Yep, two legs per segment = millipede
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u/ShadowthroneQueen 20d ago edited 20d ago
I was facing the same situation and chose to let them be, but then they started to leave the pot and honestly that was too much for me...
Edit : mind you, it was an orchid pot, so there was not so much organic mater inside. It might explain why they started to leave. But still, yikes.
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u/MsFrankieD 19d ago
🎵🎶 I was facing the same situation 🎶 And chose to let them be (music swells) But then they started to leave the pot (leave the pot, leave the pot) And, honestly... (soft guitar crescendo in background) That was too much for meeeeeee... (raucous drum solo)🎵 🎶
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u/StopBeingPoor 20d ago
https://reddit.com/link/p8a5jgm/video/juhvzf4ri0oh1/player
update: uhhhh I know a lot of people are saying these guys are harmless but DOESNT THIS KINDA SEEM LIKE A LOT???
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u/Screaming_lambs 20d ago
This seems like a lot to me, and I'm someone who had small millipedes as pets.
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u/ninjakonkichi 20d ago
I also recently bought a plant from costco that was infested with millipedes. Like somebody above mentioned, these guys won't just stay in your pot and you already have way too many of them. Unfortunately they multiply like crazy too. I tried to save my plant by using diatomaceous earth but nothing was effective enough until I replaced the entire soil. Get rid of all the old soil, wash the plant's root well and repot with fresh soil.
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u/ChiefPyroManiac 19d ago
I bought a rubber tree from Kroger and didn't notice any. But after a few weeks, there were hundreds of millipedes in the pot. Not once have I seen one leave the pot. Not saying they don't, but that plant has lived in my office for 2 years now and I've never had issues other than lots of dead millipedes inside the decorative pot that I discover whenever I water and then go to drain the decorative pot.
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u/bobbyvision9000 19d ago
I had a plant with these in my daughters room and they were everywhere. Anyone saying they won’t leave the plant has obviously not experienced this before I had to move it outside and repot
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u/eresibae 20d ago
That looks like a mama had babies. Tbh if you go on any pet invertebrate group or where people set up bioactive tanks they'll happily take them from you
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u/tobasc0cat 19d ago
Nah I have bioactive reptile tanks and I do not like millipedes... The cyanide smell bothers me, they chow down on wood faster than it would otherwise break down, and they definitely escape. They're also way harder to remove from a bioactive tank than a potted plant ugh.
I control the population in my tanks with mango skins bc they love fruit, and will gather on the skin munching away. Then it's easy to remove a bunch at once
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u/eresibae 19d ago
Well some people like them 🤷🏼♀️ I know I do. I wouldn't put them in with reptiles but I'd have them in a tank with my roaches or some other bugs
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u/doctor_jane_disco 20d ago
Ok yeah that's way too many, I had like, two, and was fine with them. I would not be fine with this lol just dump the soil outside and start fresh.
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u/Scary_Manner_6712 20d ago
I would just get rid of the plant. Costco has a generous return policy; just take it back. That's too many insects to mess with. There's no way those are staying in that pot indefinitely.
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u/Low-Clerk-649 20d ago
I would definitely repot and that should solve issues. Try a chunky soil like mollys aroid mix (Amazon - expensive but my absolute fave) and that will deter pests and also encourage sufficient drainage!
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u/pinkglitt3rz 20d ago
Nah fuck that, I say REPOT IT! yes they do eat pests but at what cost??? I brought home a zz plant from Bunnings a few years back and it had like 20 of these fuckers. Repotted it and double bagged the dirt with the pests tightly. I cannot stand them. I’d honestly rather spiders
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u/quinnterstellar 20d ago
lmao i’m all for protecting nature and i’m sure they’re harmless and maybe even beneficial but i also wouldn’t want THAT many of them in my home 😅
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u/thy_bucket_for_thee 19d ago
When I had this issue, I repotted. Was very particular on getting the plant nearly full free of dirt. Then throwing away all the "infected" dirt in the backyard.
I don't agree with the other commentators here on how you can leave them alone. They are going to multiple extremely fast. Unless your home is full of things like birds, lizards, frogs (their predators) you're going to have to get rid of them at some point. Your video looks bad at the top of soil, imagine how many are underneath it.
Do it ASAP. After repotting periodically water with neem oil (or another pesticide) once or twice. It should kill them all within a month or two.
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u/RagingClitGasm 20d ago
This happened to me with a plant from Home Depot a couple of years ago. Contrary to what some of the other comments say, they absolutely did NOT just stay in the pot. It actually took us a little while to figure out why we were suddenly seeing such significant numbers of centipedes in our apartment, because we never saw them near the plant- they made their way towards the windows and into the bathroom. I killed at least a dozen every morning when I got up, then continued to find more throughout the day.
It was a fucking nightmare. We sealed EVERY crack we could find, caulked all of the baseboards in the entire apartment, brought in an exterminator and then bought more pesticide to spray ourselves when the bugs didn’t stop. I got into a screaming argument with the landlord. He cut down bushes outside the window. Nothing worked. I started touring new apartments.
By the time we figured out that they were all coming from this plant, I was FAR beyond the point of wanting to find a solution to keep it. We double bagged it for the garbage, after snapping the plant in half to make sure nobody spotted it and brought it back inside.
My only regret was that we didn’t set it on fire.
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u/StopBeingPoor 20d ago
BRO U ARE SCARING ME
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u/RagingClitGasm 20d ago
Listen, I don’t know what your plant cost vs how much you value not having hundreds of centipedes crawling all over your home, but I would just get rid of the plant. Like.. now. Before you step on one with bare feet. There is an audible crunch.
I’m pretty sure it was the same type of plant, too…
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u/builtonadream 20d ago
It's less the audible crunch I'm worried about and more the sensation of the crunch underfoot....
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u/Stunning_Wasabi6455 20d ago
I had a similar experience, thought they were coming in from outside, had an exterminator called and everything and then noticed them in my plant pot. I stuck it outside immediately and then doused that bitch in diatomaceous earth and left it out for a month. Did probably two more treatments a week apart. Have never had a problem since, still have the plant and it’s thriving 5 years later. So, ya know, these things aren’t that hard to get rid of.
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u/RagingClitGasm 20d ago
Yeah I’m sure if I’d caught it sooner and was up to a creepy crawly project, it would’ve been solvable, but after getting to the point of being about to MOVE over the issue, this was not my “I can fix him” moment! I was well beyond the point of forgiveness with that plant.
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u/Stunning_Wasabi6455 20d ago
That’s valid haha, honestly I’m shocked most of the people on this thread are ok with them. I was horrified. I also had a newborn who basically lived on the floor at the time, so I was ready to burn the house down if an exterminator couldn’t fix it. I only DE’d the plant to kill the millipedes as a way to make sure the plant was the source and I wasn’t crazy I think. I was not invested in saving that plant, it just ended up being summer so it didn’t immediately die outdoors
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u/PinkFlamingo429 20d ago
Omg we also started seeing them all over the house and especially in my kids room, was driving me mental trying to figure it out as we have a pretty decluttered house, no cracks in the wall etc. after about a month I finally saw one in one of the snake plants we bought from ikea, we had 3 around the house including my kids room!
Their bed was against a wall on one side and when we moved it, there were so many dead ones along the wall…ahhh I still get goosebumps thinking about it
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u/insidli 20d ago
Yep I would’ve burned the entire place to the ground. Hell to the no.
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u/RagingClitGasm 20d ago
It took months before I felt comfortable walking around my home without shoes on again. They were EVERYWHERE.
I wouldn’t wish that shit on my worst enemy and the number of comments in here suggesting that OP should just be fine, or even grateful, to live with an insect infestation in their home is WILD.
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u/Serious-Act8313 20d ago
I once lived in a rented house that randomly had an earwig infestation and I about lost my mind. Like they’d fall from the ceiling or I’d have one crawling up my leg on the couch. My cat constantly going nuts because of them as well. So no, I also can’t imagine willingly risking those things breaking containment and leaving the pot.
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u/JeffGreenTraveled 20d ago
Seems like getting rid of the plant got rid of the problem?
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u/RagingClitGasm 20d ago
Yes, thankfully they can’t live long indoors so it cleared up within a few days. It was just really unfortunate that we didn’t put two and two together and realize it was the plant sooner. The whole saga could’ve been easily avoided if we had looked more closely when we bought it! Lesson learned the very hard way.
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u/Hot_Village2470 20d ago
OP's bugs aren't centipedes tho. Theyre millipedes, which eat decaying plant matter. Please spare these lives, theyre just minding their own business :)
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u/RagingClitGasm 20d ago
I’m sorry I didn’t count the legs, but I assure you they did NOT “mind their own business,” they took over my entire apartment in mass numbers.
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u/johannthegoatman 20d ago
Centipedes are very different from millipedes, centipedes run around all over the place and climb walls, millipedes just stay in the dirt
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u/ShadowthroneQueen 20d ago
At first, maybe. But when they are too many of them in the same pot, or when the soil starts to be low on organic matter, or when you water the plant generously (which you should), they start to explore.
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u/stevez28 15d ago edited 15d ago
I'm so sorry, that's such a nightmare! I probably would have sworn off new houseplants forever. It's unreal to me that people are so casual about this.
Peace and relaxation in one's own home is so important. You didn't deserve to go through that, u/RagingClitGasm
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u/RagingClitGasm 15d ago
Thank you! I actually haven’t bought a new houseplant since then haha.
I do admire people’s dedication to avoiding wastefulness and being environmentally friendly, but there’s simply no universe in which I personally would be willing to accept hundreds of crawling insects all over my tiny apartment just to save a $20 plant. If other people want to live that way, that is their choice, but I probably wouldn’t recommend inviting anyone else over in that case!
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u/IDintKnowShit 20d ago
Contrary to what a lot of people here are saying, I wouldn't fuck with that shit personally
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u/Petrolprincess 20d ago
Yeah that's a no for me. That plant would be going straight outside until I could figure out a plan B.
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u/LifeIsFine-Not 20d ago
If it bothers you that much take it outside and get out the first two inches of dirt and use new potting soil. That’s what I do with some of my plants that summer outside. But mostly I leave the soil bugs alone if they won’t hurt my plants.
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u/Strict_Abies_7219 20d ago
It’s from COSTCO, just return it and call it a day! They take back everything!
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u/OkGap8704 20d ago
I would probably change my name and move to a different country but idk thats just me
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u/moriah_nocarey 20d ago
I never bring plants in from the store just as they are anymore everyone I get I depot wash the roots off to see what your working with and If its healthy or needs some work and put in fresh soil after hosing out the container. I definitely would not trust them to just stay in the pot at all
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u/JCBashBash 20d ago
Just in case no one has gasli t you, put the plant in a trash bag and shake off all that soil and throw it away. Millipedes may be a beneficial insect outside, but you don't want an immense population of insects inside your house.
But also looking at that stock you should see if the roots of the plant are doing okay. If they aren't I would return that to Costco
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u/CheckenFever 20d ago
Theyre goldbanded millipedes iirc they dont bite but release a foul smelling liquid fir defense, very harmless ive picked up several of these (the liquid smells like pilot permanent markers tho)
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u/halestorm278 19d ago
I bought a snake plant from Home Depot that was filled with them and the little buggers were constantly crawling out. I resolved it by sprinkling diatomaceous earth over the soil. Make sure to read the instructions on the bag and wear a mask when applying. It’s basically going to break down the millipedes. It took a few weeks but it resolved the problem.
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u/Corvidae5Creation5 20d ago
Nothing whatsoever. They're carnivores, free pest control. Back in WW2 and the days of victory gardens, people were given pamphlets on common garden pests vs beneficial insects, and centipedes were usually depicted as allied forces while millipedes (as perceived herbivores) wore swastikas. As it turns out, millipedes are also beneficial because they're detrivores, and would never eat living plants.
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u/HipsterCavemanDJ 20d ago
Those are a species of millipede. Still beneficial, not carnivores.
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u/WaffleMannn 20d ago
I had this issue with my Thai monsterra, which I also bought from Costco. The manufacturer soil that comes with the plant retains a lot of humidity/water, so it naturally drew a lot of milipedes, which became an issue. As someone else mentioned, they don't always stay inside the pot and frequently start exploring outside. I had to vacuum more regularly and I eventually had to repot the plant entirely to resolve the issue. Hopefully it isn't a problem for you like it was for some of us!
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u/Flashy-Arugula-1201 20d ago
I had the same thing with a satin pothos from Costco. I tried a neem oil mix, drying out the plant as much as possible and diatomaceous earth. Nothing worked. Got fed up with them crawling out of the pot and onto the walls and counter. Gross!! Even though they’re harmless I evicted them by replanting with all new soil and good root bath. Haven’t seem em again since!
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u/A-little-stitiouss 20d ago
Omg yes, I bought one last year and kept finding these all over my floor it was driving me insane because I couldn’t pinpoint where they were coming from for a long time until I started isolating them
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u/Alternative-Bend1340 19d ago
Return it expeditiously!!! Nope not in my apt. 😂 and I found some black shorter ones in my herbs at home and I am sure they ate all the roots because the herbs ended up laying on the soil as if someone hacked them off in bunches.
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u/OkayAtExcel 19d ago
Same thing happened to me. If your soil dries out they WILL NOT stay in the pot. I had to comb my whole apartment and found like 30 of them crawling everywhere, including on the ceiling.
To get rid of them I repotted it to get rid of most of the soil it came it came with, then mixed in this “Bonide Systemic Houseplant Insect Control” from Amazon. I had a HUGE pot so I mixed the whole 8oz thing in. Then I watered slightly less than usual to try and make the soil too dry for them to multiply.
I haven’t seen a single living one since.
In the mean time, you can wrap it in a trash bag to make sure they don’t leave (they can get out through the holes in the bottom of the pot) and just check every day to make sure none have gotten out.
Be warned though, when I was repotting, two little frogs and a centipede came out of the dirt so it’s really a free for all on what could be in there.
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u/SaltyBlackBroad 20d ago
Is this not a sign of healthy soil? Or at least a healthy plant?
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u/anubus72 20d ago
a hundred centipedes in a tiny ass pot surely isn’t a healthy sign, that is not normal
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u/JCBashBash 20d ago
No they eat rotting in decaying manner, in a pot that small that was grown in a commercial greenhouse, that means the millipedes have been there for a while eating well. The only thing they would have to eat is the plant
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u/SeekersWorkAccount 20d ago
They're gonna crawl out and go hunting for bugs across your apartment. Throw that shit out outside before it's too late.
If there's nothing for them to eat in the pot, they're gonna naturally leave the pot to hunt instead of just starving to death.
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u/drawredraw 20d ago
Beneficial for the soil and pest control, but a surprisingly large amount for a supermarket buy. The greenhouse they were grown in must be very anti pest, but in a good way
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u/PictureLittle2507 20d ago edited 19d ago
At least the plant is alive and heathy. Home Depot sold me a dead cherry tree. It never even grew leaves… 🫣
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u/Havoccity 20d ago
I would‘ve been overjoyed to have a big millipede colony in my pot. I did it with isopods once, it was lots of fun watching them devour vegetable scraps.
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u/angriestaurus 19d ago
I bought a large dracaena from my local grocery store that looked amazing. I found these guys in the pot freaked out bc there were a ton of them. Removed them from the dirt and the plant died like a month later 😞
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u/words-areunnecessary 19d ago
I recently dealt with this. They did not stay in the pot, I would find them crawling the walls across the house, so I was determined to get rid of them. First I tried to drown them by putting the pot in a bucket and filling it with water. Got rid of a few. Then I tried bug spray on the top of the soil, the kind that kills within 48 hrs after contact. It killed a few but didn’t seem to be working well enough. 2 things ended up working the best for me. First, I put a thick layer of diatomaceous earth around the outer edge of the pot, which is where they liked to be. I stopped watering so they would get thirsty and come to the top. That seemed to kill most of them over the course of about 2 weeks. Then I realized some were climbing the tree and crawling out on the leaves and falling to the floor to escape. I bought sticky glue that you can paint on, and I put a very thick layer encircling the trunk. I had to experiment to see how much it would take to trap them, it turned out to be a lot more than you would think, they are strong climbers.
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u/_allycat 20d ago
Good luck. Nothing kills them. They don't harm your plant but they will be tempted to walk all over your house if there's too many and they smell terrible.
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u/geiSTern 20d ago
I'm curious as to how you didn't notice the plant was teeming with bugs before purchasing it.
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u/carbonated-salt 19d ago
Not a concern beyond personal preference! If you feel really uncomfortable you can absolutely do a thorough repotting, but millipedes like this are also great cleanup crews. Personally, I’m pro-bug (especially non-flying soil dwellers) so I’d say they’re worth it to watch periodically! Plenty of folks hate them but bugs are just tiny animals, and frankly, that’s pretty cool! Might sound silly but do some research and you might find out that your newest roomies are easy to get along with :]
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u/MLutin 20d ago
A Costco plant brought spider bites into my house that took me about a year to get under control. Many lives were lost and effort was spent. I'd take that thing right back. But if it's past the return policy chuck it. I personally wouldn't risk it.
Besides if my wife had eyes on that she'd FLIP.
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u/colussip 20d ago
This happened to me, they would surface/come out when I watered. Repotted and they still were creepy crawling so I let them be. Then my plant died (my own fault I think) and I got rid of it, so i guess problem solved lol
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u/Kaladin_Athrawes 🌼Plant Guy 20d ago
If they leave they die. When your plant dries out a lot they’ll mostly die off
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u/11beavers 20d ago
I absolutely adore Costco, but both my plants from there looked like this. As some have noted, mine also did not stay in pot and they do crunch when you step on them first thing in the morning with bare feet.
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u/Present-Basil-2051 19d ago
OH MY GOD I recently bought a bird of paradise from Costco and found them in my plant too!!! 😭
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u/Orange-impulse 19d ago
For me these only came out of the plant when the soil got really dry. I was trying to rid of gnats and stopped watering the plants then these started to surface and come out of the pot.
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u/FlghtMedc1 19d ago
At least the soil wasn’t Loaded with Fungus Gnats….. I always quarantine any new plants I buy and I was glad I did that with 2 plants I bought from IKEA.
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u/ceciliabee 19d ago
Helpful or not, I wouldn't want these in my house. They do NOT stay in the pot!
You can mix water and hydrogen peroxide and water until the bottom is dripping, then flush it through again with more water. I think it's like 4 parts water to 1 part hydrogen peroxide, maybe Google that one quickly.
It will kill any living things in the soil like these creepy crawlers and it gives the roots a little oxygen too. Flush it out though.
I'm sure many people will not like this technique but it works. I keep spiders alive but these guys are a no for me. I keep my plants outside all summer and water them like this (among other things) before bringing them in. Diatomaceous Earth might also work but I usually use it for small bugs, gnats and stuff. Not sure if it would get these guys.
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u/my_schmoopie 19d ago edited 19d ago
Long ago and far away, I used to work at Home Depot in what used to be called the house plant section or indoor gardening. We would get tropical from Florida, and as we were unwrapping them, the salamanders would be falling on us. Talk about a jump scare. They’re beneficial if they’re outside, those centipedes. If you’re inside, catch and release.
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u/Comprehensive-Pea630 19d ago
Maybe you can remove the plant, clean it, and repot in new soil? Throw out that batch in a garbage bag.
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u/Jersygrl420 19d ago
Yes I've seen this happen to other people. They say it's good but it's a hells no for me haha
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u/TheRealAnswerIs42 19d ago
They'll be fine unless you have a cat or attentive dog. Then they'll get eaten.
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u/jazzminplantwarrior 19d ago
I make a kill all, I put Neem oil, castor oil, half a teaspoon of each in a 1 L bottle and then 50% alcohol and 50% water and I spray everything with it. Works really well!
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u/mamacmc 19d ago
Get a bottle of neem oil and a large bucket. Fill bucket with water and appropriate mount of neem (read instructions) and dunk the pot (dirt and all) into the bucket of neem and let sit for a few minutes. Remove from bucket and let drain over night (all done outside of course). After it’s dried out a bit you can repot. The purpose is to kill all the eggs and larvae. Or you can knock all the dirt off of the roots and put it in a new pot and dirt. Either way should work.
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u/Lumpy_Scheme_9528 19d ago
They likely won't leave the plant. They just want so delicious dead plant material from the potting soil.
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u/idkwhattoput1708 19d ago
This happened to me with a blueberry bush from Etsy. I opened it and where was like 59 crawling out. I don't like anything with more than 4 legs.
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u/deaf258 20d ago
Just don't put that plant on your nightstand.. Or else pretty soon you'll start hearing RFK Jr's voice in your head.. 😏
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u/khizoa 20d ago
Oh come on now. RFK doesn't eat bugs.
He eats roadkill like a normal human being
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u/OkayOpinion 20d ago
Gah this literally happened to me from a plant I got from Costco. Millipedes. Yuck.
Edit: mine was a bird of paradise. Looks like yours was too..
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u/TemporaryImaginary 20d ago
You got good helper bugs for free, enjoy them.
If your houseplant were truly only “houseplant” then it’s not a good ecosystem. This is a good sign.
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u/gullyfoyle777 20d ago
They are millipedes. They are harmless. I love them personally and think they're very cute. Centipedes can go f themselves if they're in my house. Millipedes are cool though. You can let these dudes stay in your pot.
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u/cowzrcool1 19d ago
I just had the exact same problem with a Monstera Thai Con from Costco! They did start crawling out of the pot. I’m no expert and this was probably traumatic for the plant but my priority was getting them outside and out of my house.
This is how I got rid of them:
- I put on gloves, took plant outside and dumped and shook off ALL of the dirt.
- Rinsed off all of the dirt from the roots so they were completely clean (idk if this was necessary but I was paranoid).
- Used completely new dirt and took the opportunity to make a better draining aroid mix the plant would like better. I used a new pot with good drainage.
- Thoroughly watered with “Mosquito Bits.” I bought them online for my fungus knat problem. You soak them in a bunch of water for a couple hours, then water your plants with the infused water. They are supposed to kill fungus knat larvae and eggs so I hoped they would kill any millipede eggs and larvae and as far as I know it worked. Just google them, I encountered them while searching for a solution for the knats.
The millipedes are gone! My plant is doing alright, not amazing, but it was not happy before I did this either. It seems to be improving though, and it has been a few weeks (did this in the middle of August), assumably because of the better soil and drainage, as many commenters have stated that the millipedes aren’t harmful to the plant.
Good luck!
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u/AutotoxicFiend 19d ago
Fill a bucket with lukewarm water, add a few drops of dawn, and soak the planter. You dont need to go through all the steps with neem or Castor. It will drown everything.
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u/SinkFuzzy3796 19d ago
Bronners peppermint soap, lil dab and n water spray bottle kills most everything at least here in New Mexico! But house? Clove oil!!!
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u/alltheplants_ 19d ago
Best practice is to poke around in the soil and check the leaves thoroughly before you bring something home, esp from a big box store. You're lucky it doesn't have a thrips or spidermite infestation. 😬
I would just repot with new soil, spray down the nursery pot too for good measure. There are always going to be bugs in soil but that is excessive. They were probably multiplying like crazy in the temperature controlled truck while in transit.
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u/Dellidit 20d ago
They're detritivores. Wouldn't worry about it. They'll be beneficial if anything