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title: "Best insecticidal soap for dealing w mealy bugs?? This is a constant…"
description: "Best insecticidal soap for dealing w mealy bugs?? This is a constant issue with my jade plants. I’ve tried diatomaceous earth and neem oil and just can’t seem…"
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# Best insecticidal soap for dealing w mealy bugs?? This is a constant…

_Publicado por Figgeypudding el 2025-02-17_

Best insecticidal soap for dealing w mealy bugs?? This is a constant issue with my jade plants. I’ve tried diatomaceous earth and neem oil and just can’t seem to stay on top of them. They’re destroying this jade in particular and I’m trying my best to bring it back from the brink of death.

I am an experienced plant mom with 50+ plants.

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## 4 comentarios

### KJM comentó el 2025-02-17

Sad to say but sometimes you just have to give it up and pitch the plant. I've had to do that with a couple over the years. It was just not worth bringing it inside to the other plants.

### Phil comentó el 2025-02-18

Are you sure those are mealy bugs. If so it is a severe infestation. Toss it. Systemic helps keep them in check. I try to use it on most of my plants.

### JStock comentó el 2025-02-18

Hmm, those white dots are on the pot and soil too, are you sure they’re bugs? It could be something harmless. Like once I had a hanging plant with white powder on the leaves but then I realized it was just drywall from the ceiling.

### Holly123 comentó el 2025-02-18

I rescued a mature jade plant with a fairly bad infestation of mealies, I had to do a big chop, unpotted her and gave her a thorough shower then pain stakingly went through and treated her with rubbing alcohol, then did a final pest treatment/spray and kept her separate from my other plants and she's doing well! Give that a try maybe? Shower, haircut, running alcohol and repot, I rinsed my jade's roots too just to make sure nothing was creeping around her root system 😊💚

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