[Arid_gardener] Re: Control Mealy Bugs on houseplants

[Olin Miller]

7-Tips soaked in alcohol works for small plants but it gets pretty tedious 
on large plants. Alcohol soaked cotton swaps or gauze pads might work on 
large plants - haven't actually tried that but seems like it should work. 
Repeat weekly until all of the mealys are gone.  Outdoors you can usually 
get them with the same treatments as used for whiteflies.

Olin
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 ----- Original Message -----From: <DTanne4949 at aol.com>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 11:03 AM
> 85615, Tanne4949 at aol.com
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> I have an adenium obesum that is plagued by mealy bugs that have now 
> spread to my euphorbia obesa.  They have also killed a leaf or two on my 
> pachypodium horombensis, though they appear to have no taste for any of my 
> cacti.  Are there any effective controls against mealy bugs that are safe 
> to use on all these plants?
>
> I keep all these plants indoors, in a south-facing window.  If necessary, 
> now that spring has arrived, I can move them outdoors for treatment. 
> Otherwise, I would prefer a control agent that is safe to use indoors.