Root Mealybug Treatment Gone VERY Wrong | Root Mealybugs On Hoyas

Hello friends!

Today I wanted to share with you something that has been an ongoing plant challenge in the past couple of months - root mealybugs. Yup! Again! 🥲

I think the main culprits are the mealybugs we found in Hoya subquintuplinervis, but this time they spread to my dear and precious Hoya undulata! How dare they?! 😡

I think I got rid of all of them, but I will still have to keep a very close eye on my hoyas because…You never know!

I wanted to share my experience in hopes it can help you if you go through something like this and so you’d know what to do.
I hope you are having a great weekend and see you very soon with a lighter topic! 💚
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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Silly Intro
1:08 How Did I Discover Root Mealybugs?
2:06 How Did I Get Root Mealybugs & What Did I Do Wrong?
7:40 What Are Root Mealybugs?
8:40 Treatment Options
9:01 Cut Your Losses
9:37 Root The Plant Again
11:54 Hot Water Treatment
13:00 Hydrogen Peroxide Drench
13:30 Neem Oil Drench
14:13 Systemic Insecticide
14:48 Which Treatment Did I Choose?
15:48 What Went Wrong?
17:28 Dishwashing Detergent vs Soap - Word of Caution
24:43 Positive Examples
27:51 Outro & Final Thoughts
29:47 Patreon Shoutout

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The photos used in this video are mine. Some photos are also taken from the Internet.

Credits:

Karolina - Instagram: @frihetienask

Root Mealybug Photos:

1. https://plantcaretoday.com/wp-content...
2. https://plantcaretoday.com/wp-content...

Filler photos:

1. Pot with water:

https://www.seriouseats.com/thmb/rvEq...

2. Hydrogen Peroxide:

https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Ta...

3. Neem Drench:

https://plantcaretoday.com/wp-content...

4. Systemic Insecticide:

https://5.imimg.com/data5/SELLER/Defa...

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Things To Read:

MORE ABOUT ROOT MEALYBUGS!

https://link.springer.com/article/10....

HOT WATER TREATMENT:

http://ucnfanews.ucanr.edu/Articles/R...

DISHWASHING DETERGENT VS SOAP:

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/effect-...

https://www.gardenmyths.com/dish-soap...

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Music:

I use Epidemic sound.

https://www.epidemicsound.com/

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