White foam on plants

[bobm]

Yesterday there appeared some white foam on several lavender plant stems. This morning, more white foam appeared on several other lavenders , then on several corral bell flower stalks and on some strawberry plant stems. I have never seen this happen before. So what it this stuff and /or pest ? How do you get rid of it or pest ?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Check out spittlebugs. I occasionally see that but usually not in the garden so I have no controls.

 

[Nyboy]

Grasshopper egg sacks also look like white foam.

 

[Ridgerunner]

https://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/white-foam-on-plants.20559/

You managed to get a duplicate post. I think you can delete it at the bottom of the page if you want to.

 

[Beekissed]

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/bugs-leave-foam-plants-75757.html

 

[thistlebloom]

I agree with it being spittlebugs.

It's not true that you can just wash them off though. Those puppies stick through a blast from the hose. They appear to be gone because you've just washed the foam away, but look closely and they are still there. I seek them out and pinch them.

I also don't agree that they do no harm. Some of my plants that have been heavily spittlebug-ized have deformed foliage. Can't prove it's them, but I'm blaming them anyway.

 

[ninnymary]

I used to get a couple of spittlebugs on my roses but haven't had them lately. I don't remember them causing any damage.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

A couple of spittlebugs will probably not even be noticeable, but we are the spittlebug capital, and my house is the convention center.

Some years they are all over the trees and you can get dripped on when you walk under them.

 

[baymule]

When I was a kid, our elders told us that it was mad dog slobber.

 

[ducks4you]

There are many ways to rid yourself of bugs and sometimes we don't think of putting on our gardening gloves---yes, Virginia, SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY WEAR THEIRS!!!!!!---and removing them by hand.
...just a thought...