Using a weak fertilizer solution or a light application, feed the China doll every three weeks from spring to fall. In winter it should be watered just enough to keep its leaves from falling. Although it flowers in its natural habitat, be shocked if this plant does so indoors. Endangering the doll Aphids have soft, light green bodies and an unrelenting appetite for plant sap. Tiny white dots on damaged leaves may be dead aphids.
Plants infected by aphids lose their vigor, and new growth is stunted and deformed.
To get rid of aphids, rinse infected plant in warm, soapy water. If plants are beyond revival, repot healthy parts in pasteurized soil and spray them at least once with Malathion. Scale, red spider mites and thrips.