Pat Brennan wrote:
Hi all,

Spring show season is about half over and I have to say that this year
I have received more questions about mealies than any other year. Way
more, it is as if the east coast is in the mist of a mealie
infestation. I am not sure where they are all coming from, but at one
show the vendor next to me was including mealies with his plants.
Check plants before buying! It has been sort of weird, a lot of the
people with mealies are convinced that the way to rid the problem is
with alcohol even after multiple failed efforts. I am not sure where
all the alcohol hype is coming from, but I bet it is not coming from a
grower with more than 5 plants.

I've gotten some plants in from wholesalers with mealies. Wholesalers
who don't usually have them (west coast...). I blame the west coast.
*grin*. That might be the root of the problem.

In the house I use alcohol to kill mealies with great success. But in
the greenhouse I knock them down with alcohol and whack them with a
systemic while they are staggering around drunk. That seems to take
care of the mealies.


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