hi guys, iāve attached a video explaining/showing a little bit about the plant. i bought her 2 months ago, and she had mealy bugs, but other than that she was healthy and gorgeous.
- bottom watered once a week
- indirect sunlight
- occasionally neem oil
iāve been trying to treat it since, but i decided 2 weeks ago to go to the nursery i bought her at and have them clean it. they sprayed it with a hose (bare root), sprayed with alcohol, and then neemā¦ i think itās in shock š its leaves used to be almost black and vibrant pinkā¦ now its flimsy/dried leaves. i tried putting it back in the spot where i had it but it didnāt improve. i tried a different room and i feel like it mightāve made it worse? what should i do? this was one of my favorite plants too š
by chubbycult
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Wow, they really blasted it with the works. It is really in severe shock. I accidentally dripped watered down neem on mine when getting scale off my zz plant and it fried little drops size burns all over it. On the bright side, you have a new leaf coming up! Itās going to be ugly for a while but it could pull through. Can you return it to the nursery for a refund? I mean . . . they torched your plant.
My go to for mealies is sitting down with a box of q-tips, rubbing alcohol (70 or 90 work), and a head lamp. I go through and check every leaf individually, wipping off any mealies I see w the q-tip, nooks and cranies too as much as possible. Then I spritz the entire plant and soil (and really good in the nooks) with diluted rubbing alcohol. Have to do it once a week, for a while, but it does work.