MummaDeb
How the heck did this thing get mealybugs when it wasn't near any other plant and it's been in the same spot for two years?
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eatyacarbsooof so many 🙊
0 gillningar- eatyacarbs
any chance you have it in the kitchen near groceries? bananas and other produce can bring them in 😬
1 gilla - MummaDeb
No. It was in my front window away from all the other plants thank God. I can't figure it out. I just cleaned the whole thing off with alcohol and now I'm going to treat the soil with hydrogen peroxide. I have had that plants since it was 2 inches long. Not one I want to lose. It's going in quarantine. Then I need to go check all the others. What a mess!
0 gillningar - eatyacarbs
An infestation this massive takes time — keep your eyes on it!! 😬 good luck!! 💚
0 gillningar - MummaDeb
It was literally less than a week ago that I turned it in the window and didn't see a thing! That is crazy! I had a couple of plants near it and I couldn't tell if the little white spots were little bits of perlite or mealy bugs so I treated them all and quarantined.
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KatI would simply sob
0 gillningar- MummaDeb
I wanted to but didn't have time. Had to save the plant. 😢😢😢
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AlyssaIt could’ve come from outdoor plants near your front window, especially if there’s cracks or old seals around the windows. My outdoor patio flowers got a spider mite infestation because there was a bush about two feet nearby that was covered in them first
2 gillningar- MummaDeb
Seriously? They are really old single pane windows and there's a lot of foliage right outside.
1 gilla - Alyssa
Yep that’s probably what happened, with my morning walks around my neighborhood I see some plants and trees here and there with mealybug looking things and spider mites
0 gillningar - MummaDeb
I had no idea that could happen. Wow!
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send_nodesUnfortunately, pests are so tiny and mobile that we can literally walk outside, walk by our plants, and the pests can move from our clothes to the plants
1 gilla- MummaDeb
Yikes!!
0 gillningar - Alyssa
True too, a YouTuber I watch thinks her dog brings them in too since he loves to go bounding through the brush on walks lol
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