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title: "Can I just spray all of my plants with 70% alcohol, for mealy bugs,…"
description: "Can I just spray all of my plants with 70% alcohol, for mealy bugs, and call it a day or which plants can't hang with that treatment I just don't want to wait…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ/v1eOub7SZ9y47FeOGPPZon"
community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵"
published: "2025-03-29T17:39:10.640399Z"
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# Can I just spray all of my plants with 70% alcohol, for mealy bugs,…

_Posted by 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 on 2025-03-29_

Can I just spray all of my plants with 70% alcohol, for mealy bugs, and call it a day or which plants can't hang with that treatment I just don't want to wait to see if more pop up I'd rather just treat them all 🪴😩

## 5 comments

### Abbi commented on 2025-03-29

Dilute it one part alcohol to three parts water. And you'll need to keep spraying every three or four days or at least once a week for a month or so.

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-03-30

Direct spray is likely to kill your plants, especially for repeated doses necessary to kill off all the mealy bugs

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-03-30

Well I saturated my strain of dolphins the other day I left the alcohol on it somebody said they just leave it on there succulents 😩

#### Abbi replied on 2025-03-30

Is it ok?

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-03-31

Well it worse didn't seem worse, I'll check it in the morning when probably rinse off the alcohol then it's been in such sad shape for so long I was just getting ready to propagate off of it what I can and make a whole new plant when I realized it was sticky 🤦‍♀️😩

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