dirty umbrella plant

[Turner1986]

I went and bought a new umbrella plant.a couple of days ago repotted it and ran it through the shower quite a few times and i can't seem to get the dirty spots off of it. does anybody know what this is??? it is by far the biggest one I have bought

I swear every umbrella plant that I have bought looks like this

 

[Turner1986]

Some more pics

 

[Rufi0]

nice big tree When you say dirty spots are you referring to the white splotches ?

They look like hard water spots.

 

[laurie]

They are hard water or sap spots. I get them off with a soft damp cloth - most of the time I chose to not see them.

 

[ChamDE86]

Definitely hard water spots. I'd like to believe that sap discharge would be found in certain spots where the stem has been damaged. I think you have to use distilled/spring water to minimize the hard water spots?

 

[SycoSquirl]

definetely hard water, I use distilled water in my watering system, no dirty plants now haha try getting one of the big things of distilled water and using that, or try a filter on your shower head

 

[Turner1986]

i use nothing but distilled water also. They only look like that straight from the store. But the white spots wont come off no matter how much i soak the plant with sprayings. oh well i guess it will go away eventually then lol