English Ivy Stem Dieback and Date Palm Soap Burn: Fungicide, Safer Soap, Mite Control

English ivy stems half-dead (bottom up) despite careful watering. Date palm in white ribbon: dish soap (Dawn) burned leaf tips (strips wax). Crassula ovata has microscopic moving white bugs.

Solutions

1. Ivy: Fungal stem canker. Cut brown tissue. If recurs, spray Daconil (chlorothalonil) 7–10 days apart.
2. Date/white ribbon: Propagate new from cuttings. Dawn burns—use Safer Insecticidal Soap (potassium salts) only.
3. Crassula mites/aphids: Safer Soap every 3–4 days × 2 weeks. Hard to eradicate.

Propagation insurance: take extra cuttings; many fail.