Mealybugs on my Baltic Blue Pothos!
Ohhhhh boy, this isn’t how I wanted to kick off the new year 😭 I found two mealybugs on my Baltic Blue. I think they were dead already, but I’m not sure because I just went into kill mode with my alcohol mix and asked questions later 😂🤷🏼♀️ Not my finest moment, running through the house with tears in my eyes with a spray bottle, mumbling about “these mealy MF’s are going to learn today” while my family watches in confusion 😆 I have gotten a few new plants recently, but I ALWAYS check them and quarantine them before integrating with my other plants. I also look at my plants almost every day for any signs of stress, pests, etc. so I’m sort of scratching my head on how TF this happened, lol. My Baltic has been around for about a month or so now, so I don’t THINK they came on it. I really don’t see how they made it in here, except I did bring three plants inside from outside when we had the cold snap over Christmas. They’ve been thrown back outside for several days now though, because I found a spider (not a spider mite, a dang wolf spider, you know, the ones that look like mini tarantulas 😭) in one of them and we do not do arachnids in this house. It’s the one pest on the planet I’m terrified of, so those plants belong to the spiders now 😳 I’m thinking maybe the mealies came from one of those? Ugh, I really don’t know and that’s the part that drives me absolutely bonkers, lol. One of the first subjects I researched with plants was pests and I proactively bought pest control supplies, so at least I’m prepared. I see no signs of infestation anywhere. My one question is, when I proactively treat my plants, do I need to remove them all from their pots? It’s like I know what I need to do and the steps to take, but this is pretty much my worst plant nightmare so now I feel completely overwhelmed and stressed and have no idea where to start 😭 #PestControl
2ft to light, direct
9” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 years ago
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@AwesomePlants LOL that was me yesterday 😂 I’m not taking my chances, I plan on quarantining this plant for AT LEAST a month, and it’s going to be treated weekly (or as needed, if I see another one of these little 💩s) hahaha! Happy New Year! ❤️
