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title: "Managed to save this plant from a fungal infection and spider mites.…"
description: "Managed to save this plant from a fungal infection and spider mites. See all the new growth? But how does it pay me back?!?! It gets mealy bugs! 🤦🏼‍♀️…"
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author: "MummaDeb"
published: "2024-09-18T20:51:29.775391Z"
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# Managed to save this plant from a fungal infection and spider mites.…

_Opslået af MummaDeb den 2024-09-18_

Managed to save this plant from a fungal infection and spider mites. See all the new growth? But how does it pay me back?!?! It gets mealy bugs! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Thankfully I have had an absolute ton of practice dealing with them lately. So far there have been five plants in that bay window with them and I'm not sure why. Haven't added any new plants. 🤷‍♀️ I'm running out of quarantine space. Oh and I also got to deal with my first case of white aphids. What the heck!!!!

![Vedhæftet fil 1 af 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/MOXcw7te6S9UHjaWvEfp257jXZmEcofyef83nx6UvFY/g_QaCOdxRt6M1FMMjFIvXQ.webp?size=large)

![Vedhæftet fil 2 af 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/MOXcw7te6S9UHjaWvEfp257jXZmEcofyef83nx6UvFY/L9SvjYAGQ7WvUXb_1y3-fw.webp?size=large)

## 14 kommentarer

### Alyssa kommenterede den 2024-09-18

Hmmm are you fertilizing your plants a lot? Did you introduce any new plants outside near that window? Do you have ants near that window outside?

#### MummaDeb svarede den 2024-09-18

Fertilizing on a schedule. No new inside plants that weren't quarantined first and no plants outside. Not sure about ants.

#### Alyssa svarede den 2024-09-18

Okay, mealy bugs are attracted to high nitrogen levels so maybe a slightly lower nitrogen fertilizer? Also if you might have ants outside they can take mealy bugs inside to healthy plants because ants farm mealy bugs for their secretions (like we do with cows, and how we bring them to greener pastures 😬) except the pasture is your beautiful collection

#### MummaDeb svarede den 2024-09-18

Any idea on what the nitrogen level should be in the fertilizer? I'll check outside for ants but I haven't seen any at all inside.

#### Alyssa svarede den 2024-09-18

What kind of fertilizer are you using now?

### eatyacarbs kommenterede den 2024-09-18

I think that big beautiful window is doing you dirty. You’ve been dealing with pests left and right for a while! Maybe you should order some beneficial insects and unleash them into your collection

#### MummaDeb svarede den 2024-09-18

Right? It's been crazy lately. So please tell me about these beneficial insects. What do I get and how do I introduce them?

#### eatyacarbs svarede den 2024-09-18

ladybug \& lacewing larvae are options and there are little guys aptly called “mealybug destroyers” — do a little research about them and their lifecycles. honestly the lacewings freak me out a bit personally 😬

#### eatyacarbs svarede den 2024-09-18

homesteadbrooklyn

com/all/2017/1/27/

would-you-release-beneficial-insects-indoors

#### MummaDeb svarede den 2024-09-18

Thanks. I'll research it. I'd probably love them because I absolutely love bugs (as long as they're not hurting my plants lol). My poor husband is totally skeeved out by bugs. He might move out. Lol

#### eatyacarbs svarede den 2024-09-18

I had to break that up because planta won’t let me post the link — but there’s good info there if you can translate it to your browser

_1 nyt svar i appen_

### Plant Father kommenterede den 2024-09-19

beneficial nematodes might help you out. they are tiny bugs that eat a variety of common pests. i’ve heard lots of great things about a company called nature’s good guys. do some research to make sure you’re not introducing invasive species. unfortunately, most ladybugs for sale in garden centers are the invasive asian lady beetle that infests homes across the east coast. they are opportunists that will eat almost anything, and they nest in walls and other household crevices.

#### MummaDeb svarede den 2024-09-19

Thanks 👍🏼

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