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mealy bug

Hi Lori,

        I sympathise with your problem, my 400+ cactii suffered badly
from Mealy Bug this year, and I have to be careful with insecticides as the
cats and the dogs all roam at will in the sun lounge.  The wretched things
(bugs, not 4-legged pests!) then spread to my other plants, nearly a
disaster as they all grow pretty close together.  

This is how I tried to zap them...Instead of spraying, try drenching
the plants with a systemic insecticide - as the bugs suck the sap, they
will ingest the insecticide as well. You can also attack them with cotton
buds soaked in Methylated spirits.  Or try a soft soap spray - once their
waxy coating has been destroyed, it is easier to kill them.  

I would dearly love to declare my sun lounge a mealybug free zone, but
it hasn't happened yet, the best I seem to be able to do is to keep the
pesky things under control, and make sure my plants are really healthy to
withstand an attack.

Good luck.
Liz - in a wet and windy Scotland.
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