Mike,

I wonder whether some kind of unscented baby oil and baby wash would work?
Since many parents are concerned with allergies, super-sensitive baby
products are available. I do not know however whether these products will
kill the mealy bugs.

Looking for allergy dish liquid or allergy dish soap, I found the following
on the Web:
http://www.alerg.com/page/A/CTGY/CLN3
http://www.allergybegone.com/envirorite.html

Hope this helps,
Joanna

"mmccaws2" wrote in message
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A funny thing happened on the way to putting an home addition and
looking into increasing the size of my humble greenhouse. I became
super sensitive to everything that has most man-made VOCs. Paints,
perfumes, insecticidal soap, and unbelievable number of things I can't
be exposed to for more than a few minutes, if that.

So now mealy bugs are terrorizing my plants, but I can't use standard
neem oil or insecticidal soap. Any suggestions before I loose my
entire stock?

I did see cooking oil and dishwashing oil. I can tolerate Dr Bonner's
castille soap, might that be a substitute for dishwashing soap. Are
there any unscented dishwashing soaps? My plants and I would welcome
any suggestions.

Thanks

Mike