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crazyhorse_ca Halifax, NS(Zone 5a) Apr 29, 2010

What is this and how to get rid of it. Not bothering the plant much but looks awful.
Thanks
Lee

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Apr 29, 2010

Your plant appears to be under an attack of Mealybugs. Read on line for your preferance of an antidote.

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tishrh Mount Vernon, OH Apr 30, 2010

I agree. mealybugs, I would get rid of them now before they get on other plants. The will evenually kill the plant. they are hard to get rid of sometimes. Wipe leaves and use q tips with alcohol to get rid of them the white stuff but you will need to treat with an insecticide or something. Remember to treat at least 3 times 5-6 days apart to get the bugs life cycle. Isolate your plant from others.

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crazyhorse_ca Halifax, NS(Zone 5a) Apr 30, 2010

Thanks. The plant is isolated and carefully watered to avoid any transfer. The white stuff is going to be hard down in the stems. Has anyone tried Neem oil (in general as well). In Canada it's sold as a foilage shine product but there is lot of indo re insecticide.
Lee

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tishrh Mount Vernon, OH Apr 30, 2010

Neem oil is in alot of the insecticidal soap (the insectide is low in the soap, mainly neem in the more "organic versions". You can try it but warn you that mealy bugs are sometimes harder to kill so you may need more strength than neem oil. Wipe with alcohol what you can. and keep it up one time isn't going to do it.

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Flicker Covington, LA(Zone 8b) May 25, 2010

Of course, you could do a safer thing. Remove the plant from the pot, rinse off the soil, wash the whole thing with dawn liquid detergent, throw out the soil, chlorox the pot. Check for root mealies---be thorough or they will return. In Louisiana's humidity it is hard to get rid of them once they infest a plant. Also wash the shelf that this plant was using.
Johanna

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