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title: "So a couple months back this plant had a few mealys— I have since…"
description: "So a couple months back this plant had a few mealys— I have since repotted & treated spraying isopropyl alcohol every other week & haven’t seen any mealys…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Lili"
published: "2025-01-13T20:42:01.270831Z"
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# So a couple months back this plant had a few mealys— I have since…

_Posted by Lili on 2025-01-13_

So a couple months back this plant had a few mealys— I have since repotted \& treated spraying isopropyl alcohol every other week \& haven’t seen any mealys since.  
I noticed these small white “patches” throughout the soil, \& I don’t know what it is. I don’t see any movement, wondering if it could be egg sacks bc I know mealy sacks are cottony. But could it also just be part of the roots?

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/us_sSMRcaBCYUyBTEcRWxvCGGroUR8sgvvI-gxjVZDU/hKUeJwxmTM6K5ub8tewdgg.webp?size=large)

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## 7 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-01-13

Those are mealy bugs

#### Alyssa replied on 2025-01-13

Oh god, it’s like the aliens movie

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-01-13

😬😬🤢

#### Lili replied on 2025-01-14

Thank you! I kind of had a feeling. I already rinsed \& soaked \& repotted 😭😭

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-01-14

I hope that gets them.

#### Lili replied on 2025-01-14

So do I 🙃 if this doesn’t work I will be chopping it back \& starting over

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-01-14

The Arber pesticide helped me kick the mealy bugs in got from Hawaii

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