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title: "I have an elephants bush and it’s healthy and growing but i keep…"
description: "I have an elephants bush and it’s healthy and growing but i keep getting mealy bugs and everything i do they keep coming back. ive checked for mealy bugs in my…"
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# I have an elephants bush and it’s healthy and growing but i keep…

_Publicado por Makayla🌿 el 2024-12-11_

I have an elephants bush and it’s healthy and growing but i keep getting mealy bugs and everything i do they keep coming back. ive checked for mealy bugs in my other plants and none of them have it.

would love to know some other tips and things to do for getting rid of mealy bugs! 🌿

## 2 comentarios

### Cocobaby1215 comentó el 2024-12-12

Spray the plant with alcohol and then once the mealy bugs die (they turn brown) take a q-tip and remove each one off or you can leave them.

#### JJ respondió el 2025-05-04

Won’t the alcohol kill the plant though?

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