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When you have that many mealies it’s so much easier to just put alcohol in a spray bottle and spray whole branch in shower then soapy water spray instead of hours dabbing them off! And you can get it in all the cracks and hiding spots ❤
I can’t remember which RUclipsr it was,but she uses a refillable paint pens to fill up with alcohol and just puts a drop on the mealies that are hard to reach. I ordered a few small refillable artist bottles on Temu and used it first time yesterday,oh my goodness does it work or what!! They come with very fine tips and so cheap,work wonders….👍🏼🤞
I agree. Spraying is the best way to be sure you get them all and it doesn't seem to harm the plant at all. I find that 50/50 water alcohol works just as well without rinsing after. I use one of those fine mist pump bottles.
The Sober Plant Guy channel has a pest treatment/preventative spray using Castile soap (tea tree & peppermint varieties,) hydrogen peroxide, and alcohol mixed with water. Put it in a pump sprayer so you can spread a fine mist of it all over the plants. He says H2O2 explodes any mites on the plants, between that and the alcohol, most pests are killed. The tea tree Castile prevents mold and repels pests, pests usually don’t like peppermint either. Use it regularly as a preventative treatment on pest prone plants. I have not had any pest break outs (knock on wood,) it’s been great.
Hi Claire, your videos have really helped me relax during bouts of anxiety and such and have also helped me getting back into caring for plants and myself 🥰 thank you
Hi! I am a new plant Mum, starting with an aloe Vera about a year ago- and now having a collection of about 25 plants mainly easy plants such as spider, succulents and crassulas. But after watching your videos, I now want to build my collection more! So I’ve just got a philodendron from my local garden centre! I love watching your videos, they make me feel calm and it’s literally a highlight of my week! I know you have some loyal long term follows, but a tip from a new viewer is maybe you could do a video explaining things like soil compositions and why and just pretty basic care for new plant Mums? Thank you in advance and sending lots of love to you and your plant babies!! 🌱🪴xx
Highly recommend some carnivorous plants for your cabinet! I absolutely love watching my Pinguicula eat them and they flower so easily from being well fed. I gave one to my mom and she joked about bringing it to my house to feed 😂
I put pure isopropyl alcohol (not watered down) in a spray bottle, stick plants in the bathtub and hose the entire plant down. I treat all new plants this way, especially imports. I’ve never had any plant be affected by it, other than ridding all the pests! It’s so much easier! Just be careful with breathing it in, make sure vents are on or open window! Sometimes I hold my breath and go quick 😂.
Hi Claire! Wow, I feel your pain. I just spent the entire summer battling mealybugs. They can sweep through your plants so quickly and reproduce in a way that puts rabbits to shame! It took me all summer to get things under control, and they still aren't completely gone. My husband thinks I'm nuts. I told him This Is WAR!!! Finally I ended up making a solution of rubbing alcohol, safer's soap, and neem oil. I made a couple of gallons and dipped my plants, as many of them as fit in the bucket. I also applied a systemic to the soil as well. I told you.... this is war. I live in Florida and I leave most plants outdoors all winter. It does get a bit chilly at night and we have one or 2 frosts a winter. I'm hoping that the cold will finish the job. But they reproduce so quickly... and the adults FLY!! I did not know that! I have been dealing with this for months and I cannot imagine having to do it indoors. Good luck!
how the heck do they just appear? i carefully inspect every plant i buy and quarantine new ones and haven't had pests yet in 2 years of plant keeping. i never open my windows and the dog is not allowed in the plant room.
@@elune43749 There can be eggs in the soil that you would never see when buying new plants. Quarantine wont stop them from hatching and attacking the host plant
I do a round of rubbing alcohol diluted with water and then spray into every nook and cranny along with drenching the soil to kill the adults and eggs. Let it sit a bit then shower to wash off the dead bugs and anything the alcohol might have missed. Then bust out my trusty homemade pesticide which consists of neem oil and the peppermint castille soap added to some water. Spray all the leaves and wipe down. Dont wash off. I've never had to repeat the treatment. The combination of neem and peppermint keeps everything away lol
I use sticky traps as well and it’s covered in bad bugs,some of them I can’t even recognize,and yes it has reduced the mealies,the males fly so if they get caught on a sticky trap at least they can’t reproduce.👍🏼🤞
Hey, congrats to the 4 year channel anniversary! I hope it does not sound condescending, but l am so proud of you for chopping up the Dubia, that must have been so difficult, and probably some will be mad at you for doing it. I think the room does look so much lighter and bigger without it there, even if it gets dark so terribly early these days.
29:40 The woodiness that forms on the stems and roots is called ‘corking’! It forms over time from movement to keep it stronger as it grows bigger! It’s a protective thing for plants! So cool but very hard! lol 33:07 I would totally chop that last bit of section on the pole in the pot (just on the stem), so that you can have every node activate and grow a full pot! You know, I came across these really cool clear acrylic hanging window shelves that would look amazing in your windows! I think it would also open up and provide much more floor space for you. Especially if you get the ones with multiple shelves so it goes from top or bottom! Just a thought I had watching you have to maneuver through the shelves! ❤
I will go back in check in case I missed it, but if you have not made a video specifically on your no drainage technique with semi hydro and which plants do well or the soil mixes you like with it would you please consider making one. I would love to try it but am afraid to make the jump and potentially damage my plants. 😮
I use "sticky traps" inside my little cabinet and it’s covered in fungus gnats and other pests,and even for my indoor plants. I never use them outdoors as there’s beneficial insects,but since I don’t use beneficials indoors they have been great! 👍🏼💚
Ha ha! I thought you’d enjoy this: my neighbor just called me ‘The Plant Lady of My Town’! 😂 He gave me his plants to repot! Love your videos Claire! Please keep them coming! 🧡🌱🧡
Gosh, I was worried about you with that knife! Well done for tackling such a tough job. Brilliant. You give me courage to tackle scary jobs and accept that mealy bugs are the bane of plant mums life's! No wonder you were knackered! Good job ! Thank you x
Considering you can get mealy bugs in the roots also there is a chan e they are in the moss pole too... i would of sprayed the whole dubia with systemic
What if you take the leaf and hodge podge it onto aged parchment paper, insert an info card, then frame it for wall decor? You can also connect with a local ceramicist to either make a mold that you can have as a decor piece or make one or several leaf impressions into the clay and mount. A way that you can have a physical memory, other than video. Great conversation piece on your plant journey. Just a thought. 🌿
I think the term you were trying to remember is corking- green stems becoming brown and hard. I am not a botanist by I am a biology teacher so I have a little knowledge of botany but I can be wrong. Good luck with the mealies!
Ooo are you and Ross buying a home together?! ❤ That woodyness is called “corking” What about cutting the moss pole section, the plastic and mesh, off the roots, leaving the sphagnum and propping with added sphagnum in that box? After callousing of course
Hi Claire I hope all is well 💚💚 really enjoyed the video. Just wanted to mention that I had to hunt down an Aloe Tiki Tahi after seeing yours and could only find one seller in the US with them. I've had mine maybe 6 months now and LOVE her 💚💚
I was wondering if you could have made the cuts on the bottom section of the Dubai but left the pole whole...then continue to water pole as the individual sections rooted...maybe 2 or 3 nodes per section. Just a thought.
I recently went to a friends house for tea and she has a mealy bug infestation. She thought it wasn't that bad until I pointed out that all four of her plants had bugs. The worst part was that it wasn't one or two bugs on each plant, it was probably hundreds. I offered to help her treat them but she got on it so fast.
I have been fighting mealy bugs lately. They attacked my strings of pearls and my African violet. Tried to spread to other plants. I have them under control right now but I have to look at my plants every day. The mealy bugs will not win! 😊
New plant parent. I love your videos. Learnt so much already. I used to kill every plant I ever had, but touch wood. I'm doing ok. ( I hope I haven't jinxed myself)
I’m with ya, 1.5 months ago I treated and cleaned due to mealies, spider mites and 1 thrip, takes me 3 full busy days to treat my 150ish plants, last week, found green aphids, whiteflies, and more mealies, another 3 days of treating, rinsing, and cleaning all pots, surfaces, windows etc… I need a break to just enjoy watching my growth now… sigh plus, in my space the plants are mostly all in one area, so they all have to get treated Is there a huge benefit to attacking mealies with cotton swabs vs an alcoholic spray? I couldn’t be bothered to sit and poke at each one, I use an alcohol mix when pest treating and it seems to work fine?
Ive been using Garlic Alcohol...an entire garlic bulb chopped up in a liter of alcohol. My orchids had a terrible time this fall with mealys and scale.
Hello Claire, I am so happy to be this early to watch your videos. Have you ever try using Harris Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade? I saw another YTuber using it and I tried, well, my Hoyas are doing much better. Not sure if they have this or something similar in the UK. It will kill those pesky mealybugs and other insects. I used the food grade because is safer for my pet (dog).
@@maryperry5910 Yep. My moss poles are clear plastic with a grid on the front. I could see mealies through the clear plastic. Root mealies, I guess? I took all the poles apart. Luckily I only had 3. It was syngoniums. The fuzzy marauders trashed my syngoniums.
That language thing has been happening to the RUclipsr “xo, Macenna” her last few videos it’s all the people are talking about in her comment section. It’s weird that only certain viewers have issues and with others it all sound fine. Very strange. I hope you have it all worked out!
Please try organic pesticide 209. It killed off my mealies and fungus gnats. And I NEVER use water that has touched another plant. I don't care how much water I waste or how much substrate I need to buy, I learned my lesson about sharing water and substrate when I was an African violet grower. Mealies love to spread from plant to plant through substrate and used water.
You have a top cut, infested with mealies, concentrate on that one and trash the rest . It’s just a plant 😮 you have no place to isolate pest ridden plants, and personally there is no way I could live in such an overcrowded flat, despite loving plants. Less is more?
You're great but that's the most insane way of treating mealies I ever saw. No wonder they come back. Stop delicately painting mealies. Take all those sections, fill the tub with water and horticultural soap, spray them right down with alcohol then soak them. Soak the moss pole too and chuck out the soil. You've got this.
Thank you so much Foreo for partnering with me again!
Check out Foreo's HUGE black friday deals here and get up to 50% off products:
➡ foreo.se/nt7m
✨ And use my coupon code on top of that for an even BIGGER discount (10% off) ✨
HAVEN10
When you have that many mealies it’s so much easier to just put alcohol in a spray bottle and spray whole branch in shower then soapy water spray instead of hours dabbing them off! And you can get it in all the cracks and hiding spots ❤
I can’t remember which RUclipsr it was,but she uses a refillable paint pens to fill up with alcohol and just puts a drop on the mealies that are hard to reach. I ordered a few small refillable artist bottles on Temu and used it first time yesterday,oh my goodness does it work or what!! They come with very fine tips and so cheap,work wonders….👍🏼🤞
I agree. Spraying is the best way to be sure you get them all and it doesn't seem to harm the plant at all. I find that 50/50 water alcohol works just as well without rinsing after. I use one of those fine mist pump bottles.
That’s how I roll too!
The Sober Plant Guy channel has a pest treatment/preventative spray using Castile soap (tea tree & peppermint varieties,) hydrogen peroxide, and alcohol mixed with water. Put it in a pump sprayer so you can spread a fine mist of it all over the plants. He says H2O2 explodes any mites on the plants, between that and the alcohol, most pests are killed. The tea tree Castile prevents mold and repels pests, pests usually don’t like peppermint either. Use it regularly as a preventative treatment on pest prone plants. I have not had any pest break outs (knock on wood,) it’s been great.
Hi Claire, your videos have really helped me relax during bouts of anxiety and such and have also helped me getting back into caring for plants and myself 🥰 thank you
Hi! I am a new plant Mum, starting with an aloe Vera about a year ago- and now having a collection of about 25 plants mainly easy plants such as spider, succulents and crassulas. But after watching your videos, I now want to build my collection more! So I’ve just got a philodendron from my local garden centre!
I love watching your videos, they make me feel calm and it’s literally a highlight of my week! I know you have some loyal long term follows, but a tip from a new viewer is maybe you could do a video explaining things like soil compositions and why and just pretty basic care for new plant Mums? Thank you in advance and sending lots of love to you and your plant babies!! 🌱🪴xx
Highly recommend some carnivorous plants for your cabinet! I absolutely love watching my Pinguicula eat them and they flower so easily from being well fed. I gave one to my mom and she joked about bringing it to my house to feed 😂
I put pure isopropyl alcohol (not watered down) in a spray bottle, stick plants in the bathtub and hose the entire plant down. I treat all new plants this way, especially imports. I’ve never had any plant be affected by it, other than ridding all the pests! It’s so much easier! Just be careful with breathing it in, make sure vents are on or open window! Sometimes I hold my breath and go quick 😂.
Hi Claire! Wow, I feel your pain. I just spent the entire summer battling mealybugs. They can sweep through your plants so quickly and reproduce in a way that puts rabbits to shame! It took me all summer to get things under control, and they still aren't completely gone. My husband thinks I'm nuts. I told him This Is WAR!!! Finally I ended up making a solution of rubbing alcohol, safer's soap, and neem oil. I made a couple of gallons and dipped my plants, as many of them as fit in the bucket. I also applied a systemic to the soil as well. I told you.... this is war. I live in Florida and I leave most plants outdoors all winter. It does get a bit chilly at night and we have one or 2 frosts a winter. I'm hoping that the cold will finish the job. But they reproduce so quickly... and the adults FLY!! I did not know that! I have been dealing with this for months and I cannot imagine having to do it indoors. Good luck!
how the heck do they just appear? i carefully inspect every plant i buy and quarantine new ones and haven't had pests yet in 2 years of plant keeping. i never open my windows and the dog is not allowed in the plant room.
@@elune43749 There can be eggs in the soil that you would never see when buying new plants. Quarantine wont stop them from hatching and attacking the host plant
I do a round of rubbing alcohol diluted with water and then spray into every nook and cranny along with drenching the soil to kill the adults and eggs. Let it sit a bit then shower to wash off the dead bugs and anything the alcohol might have missed. Then bust out my trusty homemade pesticide which consists of neem oil and the peppermint castille soap added to some water. Spray all the leaves and wipe down. Dont wash off. I've never had to repeat the treatment. The combination of neem and peppermint keeps everything away lol
I use sticky traps as well and it’s covered in bad bugs,some of them I can’t even recognize,and yes it has reduced the mealies,the males fly so if they get caught on a sticky trap at least they can’t reproduce.👍🏼🤞
Hey, congrats to the 4 year channel anniversary! I hope it does not sound condescending, but l am so proud of you for chopping up the Dubia, that must have been so difficult, and probably some will be mad at you for doing it. I think the room does look so much lighter and bigger without it there, even if it gets dark so terribly early these days.
29:40 The woodiness that forms on the stems and roots is called ‘corking’! It forms over time from movement to keep it stronger as it grows bigger! It’s a protective thing for plants! So cool but very hard! lol
33:07 I would totally chop that last bit of section on the pole in the pot (just on the stem), so that you can have every node activate and grow a full pot!
You know, I came across these really cool clear acrylic hanging window shelves that would look amazing in your windows! I think it would also open up and provide much more floor space for you. Especially if you get the ones with multiple shelves so it goes from top or bottom! Just a thought I had watching you have to maneuver through the shelves! ❤
I will go back in check in case I missed it, but if you have not made a video specifically on your no drainage technique with semi hydro and which plants do well or the soil mixes you like with it would you please consider making one. I would love to try it but am afraid to make the jump and potentially damage my plants. 😮
I use "sticky traps" inside my little cabinet and it’s covered in fungus gnats and other pests,and even for my indoor plants. I never use them outdoors as there’s beneficial insects,but since I don’t use beneficials indoors they have been great! 👍🏼💚
Ha ha! I thought you’d enjoy this: my neighbor just called me ‘The Plant Lady of My Town’! 😂 He gave me his plants to repot! Love your videos Claire! Please keep them coming! 🧡🌱🧡
Gosh, I was worried about you with that knife! Well done for tackling such a tough job. Brilliant. You give me courage to tackle scary jobs and accept that mealy bugs are the bane of plant mums life's! No wonder you were knackered! Good job ! Thank you x
I saw the thumbnail and thought ”Oooooo the Dubia chop video is here!!!!” I have never clicked so fast on a video 😅
Considering you can get mealy bugs in the roots also there is a chan e they are in the moss pole too... i would of sprayed the whole dubia with systemic
What!!! Your Dubia is my favourite😔can’t wait to see what you did😳
Joli is just an absolute babydoll!! 😍
For the large dubia props maybe top the bin with another bin turned upside dowm?
When you have too many plants , mealybugs will take over. Never had that problem here in Sweden.
What if you take the leaf and hodge podge it onto aged parchment paper, insert an info card, then frame it for wall decor? You can also connect with a local ceramicist to either make a mold that you can have as a decor piece or make one or several leaf impressions into the clay and mount. A way that you can have a physical memory, other than video. Great conversation piece on your plant journey. Just a thought. 🌿
I think the term you were trying to remember is corking- green stems becoming brown and hard. I am not a botanist by I am a biology teacher so I have a little knowledge of botany but I can be wrong. Good luck with the mealies!
Ooo are you and Ross buying a home together?! ❤
That woodyness is called “corking”
What about cutting the moss pole section, the plastic and mesh, off the roots, leaving the sphagnum and propping with added sphagnum in that box? After callousing of course
Hi Claire I hope all is well 💚💚 really enjoyed the video. Just wanted to mention that I had to hunt down an Aloe Tiki Tahi after seeing yours and could only find one seller in the US with them. I've had mine maybe 6 months now and LOVE her 💚💚
I was wondering if you could have made the cuts on the bottom section of the Dubai but left the pole whole...then continue to water pole as the individual sections rooted...maybe 2 or 3 nodes per section. Just a thought.
I recently went to a friends house for tea and she has a mealy bug infestation. She thought it wasn't that bad until I pointed out that all four of her plants had bugs. The worst part was that it wasn't one or two bugs on each plant, it was probably hundreds. I offered to help her treat them but she got on it so fast.
Yesss a new video just when I'm about to start a biiig pile of dishes. Life is good
I hope you get rid of the moss too. I think a saw aome mealys on the stem as you shown us the roots
I have been fighting mealy bugs lately. They attacked my strings of pearls and my African violet. Tried to spread to other plants. I have them under control right now but I have to look at my plants every day. The mealy bugs will not win! 😊
It’s dark and rainy here in SF today, and it’s no fun. Been so dark lately. Looks like I’ll be staying inside for a few days lol.
After I watched your video I examined my plants for mealybugs! Oh they are so gross 😮 thank you for all your information on plants.
OMGosh I'd love a cutting all the way over here in Canada!!
😂 that little pot with the aloe is so funny and cute
When plants mature and get bark like on the stem it's called corking
Can you do a soil mix video or a start to finish what to do when buying a monstera plant
Hi Claire!! Pls Pls Pls do a soil mix walk through if you havent already
New plant parent. I love your videos. Learnt so much already. I used to kill every plant I ever had, but touch wood. I'm doing ok. ( I hope I haven't jinxed myself)
actually I find mealybugs cute because they look so fluffy :)
I’m with ya, 1.5 months ago I treated and cleaned due to mealies, spider mites and 1 thrip, takes me 3 full busy days to treat my 150ish plants, last week, found green aphids, whiteflies, and more mealies, another 3 days of treating, rinsing, and cleaning all pots, surfaces, windows etc… I need a break to just enjoy watching my growth now… sigh plus, in my space the plants are mostly all in one area, so they all have to get treated
Is there a huge benefit to attacking mealies with cotton swabs vs an alcoholic spray? I couldn’t be bothered to sit and poke at each one, I use an alcohol mix when pest treating and it seems to work fine?
Ive been using Garlic Alcohol...an entire garlic bulb chopped up in a liter of alcohol.
My orchids had a terrible time this fall with mealys and scale.
Solch eine schöne Pflanze die Monstera Dubia, hätte gerne ein Stammstück, aber bis nach Berlin unmöglich😊
Hello.I have the same Aloe I find it grows fast
Keeping a Drosera in that cabinet could keep the gnats down between treatments. Best gnat trap I've ever had 😂
I have a Drosera in one and a Butterwort in another cabinet. Really works wonders.
I have a Nepenthes that does a lovely job keeping gnats in check. And its fun to check the pitchers and see it all in action lol
Ha! I just want to get my spritz bottle of rubbing alcohol and mist through my screen 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mealy bugs can live in the soil too! Be careful about leaving the pot without checking & treating!
Oh mealies are so disgusting. My Hoya compacta variegata lost the battle and got binned yesterday. It was such a cutie 😢
I'm really struggling to find a video of yours on soil mixes, do you have one?
Hello Claire, I am so happy to be this early to watch your videos. Have you ever try using Harris Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade? I saw another YTuber using it and I tried, well, my Hoyas are doing much better. Not sure if they have this or something similar in the UK. It will kill those pesky mealybugs and other insects. I used the food grade because is safer for my pet (dog).
I don't know if you use neem oil. I would fill the bathtub with water ,neem and a horticulture soap and soak the cuttings.
Love your dog❤
what is the large plant on the bottom right at 8.47. a ddeiffenbachia f some type?
You have a balcony. Why don’t you do pest treatments outside? Just curious 👀
That monstera would be going in the trash at my house. I hate mealies 🤬
I'm so early! I sympathise with how persistent mealybugs can be once they get in there ugh >:(
Make a leaf skeleton (assuming you haven't thrown it) x
Oh, and check your mosspoles, I had them inside my mosspoles.
Mealy bugs? In moss pole?
@@maryperry5910 Yep. My moss poles are clear plastic with a grid on the front. I could see mealies through the clear plastic. Root mealies, I guess? I took all the poles apart. Luckily I only had 3. It was syngoniums. The fuzzy marauders trashed my syngoniums.
Good morning and Good night
ughhhh just found my first mealy bugs (newbie)
I FEEL UNGODLY EARLY! have a great day, claire!
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IPM…. Take a course…. It’s so easy to not have pests with proper management.
Is it ok that the infested leaves touched your couch, clothes and hair?
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That language thing has been happening to the RUclipsr “xo, Macenna” her last few videos it’s all the people are talking about in her comment section. It’s weird that only certain viewers have issues and with others it all sound fine. Very strange. I hope you have it all worked out!
Please try organic pesticide 209. It killed off my mealies and fungus gnats. And I NEVER use water that has touched another plant. I don't care how much water I waste or how much substrate I need to buy, I learned my lesson about sharing water and substrate when I was an African violet grower. Mealies love to spread from plant to plant through substrate and used water.
You have a top cut, infested with mealies, concentrate on that one and trash the rest . It’s just a plant 😮 you have no place to isolate pest ridden plants, and personally there is no way I could live in such an overcrowded flat, despite loving plants. Less is more?
Love your vids ❤
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You're great but that's the most insane way of treating mealies I ever saw. No wonder they come back. Stop delicately painting mealies. Take all those sections, fill the tub with water and horticultural soap, spray them right down with alcohol then soak them. Soak the moss pole too and chuck out the soil. You've got this.
Omg! Are you pregnant Claire ?