I noticed recently that my prayer plant has a relatively minor case of mealy bugs. I first found the webbing, and then picked off the (extremely small) mealy bugs I could find. I ended up cutting a large part of her leaves off (not pictured here), but I’m wondering if there is anything else I could do to eradicate them? I have been spraying with an insecticide (plant-safe), but I really don’t want them to come back. :/ It is already separated from my other plants.
Well if your seeing webbing then it isn’t mealy bugs you probably have spider mites so I’ve heard a lot of people use neem oil but if your seeing just the fuzzy white dots then it’s mealy bugs and you can use alcohol directly on them to kill them
1 like Maybe webbing isn’t the correct word — mealy bugs leave a sticky white residue that is similar to cotton. That’s what I meant!
0 likes Ahhh okay that makes sense
0 likesIf it is mealy bugs, rubbing alcohol on a q tip to smoosh the bug. You can make a mix of this and water and spray plant. Neem oil also works but be sure to do it at night so the plant won’t burn
0 likes Using neem oil (didn’t think about the tip about doing it at night though — thanks for that!!), been killing the ones I see with the q top and rubbing alcohol, but just was curious if there was anything else I could do. I did have to shower it quite a bit (literally in my shower lol) with water so I was considering repotting with drier soil so it doesn’t get root rot. I haven’t seen any new ones today so fingers crossed 🤞
0 likesI would regularly check it and spray it with an alcohol water mix just to be safe
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