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Re: mealy bugs

Lori Lynn wrote:
> 
> Ive been lucky in my few years of growing violets and orchids not to get an
> infestation of one bug or another. But my luck has run out. Because of lots
> of travel with work and vacation, I have not kept up  as much as I would
> like with my plants.
> 
> Yesterday was plant day. I spent the whole day, watering and grooming each
> and every plant.  Acckkk. I discovered mealy bugs on a orchid, then
> another. I started an isolation spot for them, but as the day went on my
> isolation spot was much larger than the plants that I did not find any bugs
> on.
> 
> I probably have 100 or so Orchids and found mealy bugs on most of them.
> Ive dealt with a bug here and there before, but never had this many plants
> with bugs.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way to get rid of them on so many plants?
> 
> I cant use anything very toxic because I have 30 birds.
> 
> Any help out there?
> 
> Lori
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Great page, Lori!
How do you everfind time for your plants? Maybe you could teach the
birds to like mealy bugs?

I wash them off my palms with insecticidal soap, but don't have  
a hundred plants all together.

Good luck!

Vera
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