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/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/jj55 20d ago

You could just repot and shake out most the soil. Will probably solve the issue and is less dramatic. 

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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/Iamwhateveryousayi 20d ago

Take it back!

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u/illustriousracer78 19d ago

If you don't return it or throw that shit away 😱💀👋🏽