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title: "Just devastated right now and only Planta peeps would understand.…"
description: "Just devastated right now and only Planta peeps would understand. This is my crew fighting mealy bugs 😩. I’ve treated and isolated outside. My poor SOT was…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/Ktw8B5CcTlSQqDurUu87ug/ePyZhA5WCMg8R0U4zr9IA2"
community: "Pets and Plants"
author: "Kelly"
published: "2026-08-10T17:24:37.963391Z"
language: "en"
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# Just devastated right now and only Planta peeps would understand.…

_Posted by Kelly on 2026-08-10_

Just devastated right now and only Planta peeps would understand. This is my crew fighting mealy bugs 😩. I’ve treated and isolated outside. My poor SOT was full and vibrant and with life being busy I thought she wasn’t happy with her lighting but then saw the devastation. I cut her back barely to nothing trying to save the healthy strand that’s left. What do you guys think?

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## 2 comments

### Buffy commented on 2026-08-10

I am so sorry. I would get some Systemic Houseplant Insect Control.. $12.49 on Amazon or stores carry it. It the mean time, maybe isolate them outside in full shade and maybe take some cleaned props in case you need them. Good luck. One time I had mealies on a prayer plant..  
I think other bugs cleaned off the mealies because they were gone by summer’s end.

### Kelly commented on 2026-08-10

That’s good to know! Yes I have the granules and used them and I did move them to shade after I used the sun to help me see where they all were hiding. It’s just very discouraging bc I fought them in other plants and won it’s just an exhausting battle.

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