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title: "Just got this dragonscale alocasia. Unfortunately, it isn’t doing too…"
description: "Just got this dragonscale alocasia. Unfortunately, it isn’t doing too well and I noticed it has a mealy bug problem. I sprayed it with diluted rubbing alcohol…"
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published: "2025-06-08T18:18:24.186991Z"
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# Just got this dragonscale alocasia. Unfortunately, it isn’t doing too…

_Pubblicato da Violette il 2025-06-08_

Just got this dragonscale alocasia. Unfortunately, it isn’t doing too well and I noticed it has a mealy bug problem. I sprayed it with diluted rubbing alcohol and dipped a qtip with rubbing alcohol and dabbed it onto some heavily infested parts as best as I could, but I’m not sure if I got them all. I haven’t repotted the plant yet but I will very soon. I’m trying to separate some of the corms in the soil and start propagating them in case the main plant doesn’t make it. Any tips?

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## 1 commento

### Dory ha commentato il 2025-06-09

LECA. Alocasia do well in semi hydro and pests can’t lay their larvae in it. Best decision I made was to start switching as many of mine as I can

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