African Violets and Gesneriads: still have mealies!, 0 by kivit

kivit wrote:
You are all very kind, but I need to get my growing system purged before I accept anything.
that plant may be the source as it was behind the light phlange( the two wings that hang down from the fixture) at the back of the shelf. I have been spraying them weekly with Neem oil & Pyola but I didnt even see that one. So it is the worst. Actually I only found one other plant that had 2 bugs-nothing like the photo.
My little collection of AV's are in another wing of the house. They are clean.
I have 1 rack of streps in the kitchen that seems to be clean. The other is in the living room where those white fuzzies keep appearing.
I have tossed the photo plant. It was pretty scary looking. Even though I drowned it in chemicals, I couldnt tell if the mealies were dead.
Grow happy, all of these plants were drenched with Bayer Advanced. That's how I lost a majority of them because I used the manufacterer's suggested concentration.
This summer, I had my streps outside, and sprayed them with Malathion before bringing them in. Then I had my disaster with BA. Things got pretty clean after that, but I never seem to get rid of ALL the mealies. Jim suggested Marathon a couple of months ago and a spray from Gardens Alive. Bought both. I know it takes a while for the Marathon to get into the plant. Maybe I have flushed it out with watering. I have applied it twice.
Well, I have to wash the racks & trays with bleach, buy new pots & start a purge.
Guess I need to shaow you that I do have some healthy streps!
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