Use a paint brush and dip it in alcohol, kills on contact and they scrape off easily. Neem oils works as well but i havent tested that myself
CallMeGabee
There is a simple recipe for that you will need a match and some gasoline…
Step 1: pour gasoline all over your crib and make a trail to outside
Step 2: Light the match and throw it
You no longer have mealybugs!
I am kidding i use my granny trick for them and they last max a week. Mix 1 cup of 70% rubbing alcool to 4 cup of water. Add 4 drops of dish soap, down is best. Mix it good and transfer to a spray bottle(they are really cheap at the dollar store) spray every 2 day avoiding the soil, you dont have to cover the soil since you want some there too but dont directly spray the substrate because plants are not alcoholic and it will kill them! Well you do this every other days for 2-3 weeks depending on how much pest you have! Every week you will give the treated plant a shower so cut the watering for this one, since you will literally drown them every week, i squeeze the pot a litke but to remove excess water and let her drain for an hour or two! Honestly they are gone in the first week, you want to keep treating for the eggs that havent hatch yet…
If you see adults , take a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol and wash them one by one! The fight will be faster too! Also they dont bite, sting or fly! They are just annoying pointless little buddies since they are beneficial to mostly only ants 🤣🤣
jillrobin
Bring it back and ask for one without mealy bugs. Ugh. I have never won a war against them.
Leviathancharlie
Made this post a while back, you may find it informational.
I’d return it to the store and stop buying plants there personally. But you can treat it with insecticidal soap and/or rubbing alcohol on a Q-Tip of you really want to keep it.
UhOh_HellNo
Get yourself a can of blue Raid fly spray. I know that some will say not to spray it on your plants but this is how I saved my plants from these awful creatures. But make sure it’s the blue Raid. Other fly sprays will burn up the leaves.
Jaded-Ad6644
I use insecticidal soap.
Confident_Ride110
Mealy bugs. Im glad you caught it early. I take them off with a Qtip and soaked in alcohol. Then I clean the leaves.
Important_Sell6339
Mealy Bugs
Miss_LilyLove
Mealybugs, I find off all the pests, they can be quite easy to deal with. I take a cotton Q-tip, submerge the tip in high percentage ethanol or isopropyl alcohol (whatever I have on hand) and dab then with alcohol until they turn all brown and die. Check the pot and the roots of the plant, if you find them in there you will need to repot the plant and remove ALL of the substrate into new substrate that has no mealybugs in it. But if you nip it in the bud early with the Q-tip method, you should be able to manage them.
Ch33se_H3ad
I had a pretty bad mealy bug infestation on a pothos a while back. I replaced the soil and diluted some alcohol with water in a spray bottle and sprayed the entire plant every night for about a week making sure to get every nook and cranny and it took care of the problem.
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Mealy bugs
Mealy bugs. Will destroy the plant. Google how to get rid of them and isolate them from other plants you have.
I’m sorry, fish store? They sell plants in a fish store?
Mealy’s I just dip a q-tip in a water/ apple cider vinegar mix and rub them off !
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Burn it
Use a paint brush and dip it in alcohol, kills on contact and they scrape off easily. Neem oils works as well but i havent tested that myself
There is a simple recipe for that you will need a match and some gasoline…
Step 1: pour gasoline all over your crib and make a trail to outside
Step 2: Light the match and throw it
You no longer have mealybugs!
I am kidding i use my granny trick for them and they last max a week. Mix 1 cup of 70% rubbing alcool to 4 cup of water. Add 4 drops of dish soap, down is best. Mix it good and transfer to a spray bottle(they are really cheap at the dollar store) spray every 2 day avoiding the soil, you dont have to cover the soil since you want some there too but dont directly spray the substrate because plants are not alcoholic and it will kill them! Well you do this every other days for 2-3 weeks depending on how much pest you have! Every week you will give the treated plant a shower so cut the watering for this one, since you will literally drown them every week, i squeeze the pot a litke but to remove excess water and let her drain for an hour or two! Honestly they are gone in the first week, you want to keep treating for the eggs that havent hatch yet…
If you see adults , take a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol and wash them one by one! The fight will be faster too! Also they dont bite, sting or fly! They are just annoying pointless little buddies since they are beneficial to mostly only ants 🤣🤣
Bring it back and ask for one without mealy bugs. Ugh. I have never won a war against them.
Made this post a while back, you may find it informational.
(https://www.reddit.com/r/pothos/s/2u0alXI5N9)
Meally bug🐛
Incinerate the plant.
I’d return it to the store and stop buying plants there personally. But you can treat it with insecticidal soap and/or rubbing alcohol on a Q-Tip of you really want to keep it.
Get yourself a can of blue Raid fly spray. I know that some will say not to spray it on your plants but this is how I saved my plants from these awful creatures. But make sure it’s the blue Raid. Other fly sprays will burn up the leaves.
I use insecticidal soap.
Mealy bugs. Im glad you caught it early. I take them off with a Qtip and soaked in alcohol. Then I clean the leaves.
Mealy Bugs
Mealybugs, I find off all the pests, they can be quite easy to deal with. I take a cotton Q-tip, submerge the tip in high percentage ethanol or isopropyl alcohol (whatever I have on hand) and dab then with alcohol until they turn all brown and die. Check the pot and the roots of the plant, if you find them in there you will need to repot the plant and remove ALL of the substrate into new substrate that has no mealybugs in it. But if you nip it in the bud early with the Q-tip method, you should be able to manage them.
I had a pretty bad mealy bug infestation on a pothos a while back. I replaced the soil and diluted some alcohol with water in a spray bottle and sprayed the entire plant every night for about a week making sure to get every nook and cranny and it took care of the problem.