"TQ" ToweringQs AT adelphia.net wrote in message
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"Mindful" wrote in message
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Can someone suggest something that really works to wipe out an mealy bug
infestation? Malathion, Ortho Systemic, Triazicide, Ortho Bug-B-Gone all
slow the infestation but not do away with it. The plants are tropical
plants
including orchids in a large sun room. Any suggestions? We're going broke
buying insecticides.

After the initial application, you have to hit them again in a few days to
a
week to kill the newborns.

Have you tried rubbing alcohol? It's cheap and non-toxic.

We sprayed them every few days for months on end. There are too many plants
to do with alcohol on a swab. Or do you mean spray them with alcohol?