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title: "Rub-a-dub-dub. Three Ngern Lai Ma in a tub! 🛁😄 The bath is a…"
description: "Rub-a-dub-dub. Three Ngern Lai Ma in a tub! 🛁😄 The bath is a preventative measure for my lance leaf syngoniums before repotting. They had mild scale and…"
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author: "Sunny"
published: "2023-10-25T11:35:45.755Z"
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# Rub-a-dub-dub. Three Ngern Lai Ma in a tub! 🛁😄 The bath is a…

_Posted by Sunny on 2023-10-25_

Rub-a-dub-dub. Three Ngern Lai Ma in a tub! 🛁😄  
The bath is a preventative measure for my lance leaf syngoniums before repotting. They had mild scale and mealybugs when they were delivered. That quickly cleared up. I just brought two plants inside and at least 2 fungus gnats came with them and found my syngoniums. This bubble bath cleans the debris and all hitchhikers. There are more roots than soil, so, it wasn’t messy.

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## 6 comments

### Rachelle commented on 2023-10-25

When you do this do you put the whole pot in, including the dirt? It doesn’t harm it at all?

#### Sunny replied on 2023-10-25

It doesn’t harm it. I spray my plants with soapy dishwater every time I see fungus gnats including the soil. I spray every new plant with it. I would test sensitive plants like African violets or prayer plants. I use Dawn dishwashing liquid. I would not use liquid soap with creams or other additives. I would never use anything with bleach which kills the plants.

#### Rachelle replied on 2023-10-25

Thanks!!!!!

#### Sunny replied on 2023-10-25

There is very little loose soil in these pots. But, I typically don’t use my sink. I have used a 5 gal Home Depot bucket to soak an entire plant in soapy water to infiltrate the soil that had earwigs.

### Mullein commented on 2023-10-25

Ooh that’s a cool variety!

#### Sunny replied on 2023-10-25

Thanks. It’s not one of the popular ones. But, it’s so easy to care for. I’ve had them in that tiny pot all summer. I have combined them into an 8 inch plastic pot.

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