https://padlet.com/taylor_antoine/7qurqcwondrm Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2017-05-03 13:34:02 UTC 2025-10-05 23:32:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/153403465/10062044c14289c8f6a9af4d29428fc6/Mealybugs.jpg taylor_antoine https://padlet.com/taylor_antoine/7qurqcwondrm/wish/169672313 Sanitation is the most important and most neglected thing going on in a greenhouse. You must power wash the benches in the house, in between the plants and in pot that have previously been planted in. Mealy bugs like damp humid weather. ]]> 2017-05-03 13:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_antoine/7qurqcwondrm/wish/169672313 taylor_antoine https://padlet.com/taylor_antoine/7qurqcwondrm/wish/169673249 Soapy water has been known to get rid of mealybugs, also if you take a q-tip with rubbing alcohol and dab the mealybug this also kills them. The q-tip is a little bit harder of a process.]]> 2017-05-03 13:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_antoine/7qurqcwondrm/wish/169673249 taylor_antoine https://padlet.com/taylor_antoine/7qurqcwondrm/wish/169674889 Mealybugs are very hard to control, if very few of your plants are infested it is best to just destroy those plants. Usually wasps are the general control, other than that they are generally hard to control.]]> 2017-05-03 13:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_antoine/7qurqcwondrm/wish/169674889 taylor_antoine https://padlet.com/taylor_antoine/7qurqcwondrm/wish/169678343 Many different pests killing sprays are able to keep mealybugs away, other than that they are one of the hardest pests to control. If you notice a small amount of them you can still try the q-tip trick

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