I went to Sweden to destroy mealybugs.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2024
- My love for destorying mealybugs has lead me to Sweden. I helped my friend Ferah get rid of some mealybugs on her plants and it got pretty rough.
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#mealybugs
Your friend Farah is absolutely charming, and made me feel fine about any pest infestation I may have in the future.
Aaaw thanks 🫶
@@Hoyalicious I feel just the same! Just the most calm plant person I've come around to. For now on I concentrate to search flowers from my hoyas, not bugs. :)
@@MiniMuonthank you 🫶😊 I hope you will get lots and lots of blooms and no pests 😃
Same. You seem so sweet Farah ❤
@@user-dz3ck9li8d That is so sweet of you, thank you. Miro has the nicest followers 😍
Pest control has never been so fun!
I get that people may think they are easy to get rid of as they are seemingly easy to unalive. But and the big but they breed. The saying should be they breed like mealybugs not rabbits.
I hope you both have fun and good luck
I love you together. Enjoyed it so much. I can see myself sitting on that table with you two. Hahaha. Very funny to watch!
This is the funniest video I have ever seen with planty people😂🍃
When I treat for mealybugs I use a painting brush i a size that fit the task and then I use hand sanitizer on gel form. I put the gel on the top of a lid from a jar and then i whipe the whole plant and dry the brush in a piece of towel every time I put more on it. It takes a while for the gel to vaporize and I don't do anything but isolating the plant afterward end it does seem to work for me :)
This is something I def gonna try!
I would be using a spray bottle with alcohol for that mealie collection 😂
We did that actually 😂
Itching just looking that the bugs. I am going to randomly spray alcohol to all my Hoya (and may e myself). lol. And wow you’re tall! 😮😊
WOW!!! I have literally been going over my Hoyas today with the earbuds and alcohol. I thought my Carnosa 'Krimson Queen' was bad but now I don't need to worry 😁😂🤣😂
This was so fun. Yucky, but fun! 🤗🌱
I have a dragon tree that I have been fighting mealy bugs for the past 2 yrs. I spray straight rubbing alcohol on the full plant and new growth that I find any bugs on. It's only been the last month that there has been no sign of mealy bugs.
I'm late getting to this but so madee smile! It is so nice to meet your friends that we have heard you talk of! And after giving my outdoor gardens my full attention for the last three weeks I finally got to my house plants this morning!I had mealy bugs in one room on my hoyas, but this morning I found them everywhere! This video actually made me feel better as mine were not as bad as your friends! Hopefully I really knocked them out or at least back! So this actually made me feel better! Thank you for sharing!!❤
I am glad you enjoyed it! Sorry to hear about mealies! Battling some here as well :(
Oh my! I'm gagging over here 😅
Lift the pot of orchid bark planted pots. If the wood is dark it's moist still, if it's light colored it needs to be watered.
Ferah💕
Julie ❤️❤️😍
This video was sooo much fun! You guys are sooo funny. This video helped me feel better over my mealybug problem😂😂.
We all have them xD Time to accept it :D
Love how you make mealy bugs funny. I highly recommend using a watercolor pen for alcohol application on hoyas. Just put the alcohol in the pen and hit the button a few times and it comes out and you can brush your meal bags away. I found mine on Amazon.
I saw those! Always wanted to order one, but I forget for one reason or another.
Submerge the entire plant in a 5 gallon container with dawn soap alcohol and warm water for 15 minutes ..follow up with Castile soap sprays and repot with fresh soil and add systemic glandular treatment in the soil…
How much sopa and alcohol per gallon of water?
They look like cotton candy!!!😂😂😂
Oh no, I will never eat cotton candy again... lol 😆 😆
Hahahahaha sorry 😆😆😆 eat pink or blue ones😁😁😁
Just went through this over winter, so over the Millie Parade 🎉
I loved watching you and Farah bantering back and forth with each other, over the plants and mealy bugs. The two of you can have fun together over plants, I would like a friend like that. My husband is not interested in my Plants at all. :(
Well, I am also not her husband 😂
@@BasiePlants wait, you’re not??
@@Hoyalicious luckily for world peace, no 😂
Its so nice to have a plant bestie!! You are one of my plant friends in my head ❤
What a wonderfully funny, yucky video🤣🤣🤣I'm so grateful to my fungus gnats, they look almost cute in comparison. By the way, your friend Ferah is a delight🙂
Aaaaw 🥰 Thank you 🫶
@@Hoyalicious ❤️🌿
Thank you both for sharing part of the time you spent together. (Also the mix of disgust and fascination for the mealybugs that you both had was very entertaining 😂)
As for pests…
I guess most are easy to get rid of if you catch it early (I twice found some mealies on a new plant, removed them and kept checking, never had them turn into a real infestation).
But once they spread it gets hard and turns into a battle (personally experienced that with thrips, that took 6 months to get rid of)..
Those people who say it is easy to get rid of a real infestation in a large collection probably don’t know what they are talking about, either that or they have limitless time and energy and think hard work is easy 🤔
I do however think it is possible to be “pest free” when everything is always nipped in the bud by vigorously checking/beneficials/soap (maybe in some parts of the world systemics).
Oh Miro you can be very bossy but you are for sure the nicest boss I have ever seen. 😁
So I get an award for bossing around? 🤓
@@BasiePlantsNo but if the plant community had something like Tops & Bottoms then you would be a dominant Top that wants to cuddle after and makes breakfast the next morning. 😂
@@MarcelH40 LMAO 😂😂😂 I am not sure that is a good judgment of my character 🤣 Maybe a bossy bottom 😂
Mealies are easy to take care of if you catch them when there are only a couple. I would have made a pot of alcohol solution and just dunked the whole thing after trimming off the long leafless stems. Plus a couple cuttings just in case. 😱🌱
Oh sorry this comment isn’t a reply…!
As bugs go I think Mealies are not that ugly. I guess being white and fuzzy with tails helps. They could be cats of the pest world. Anyway, I really just wanted to comment that this was actually fun pest control which is impossibly enjoyable video content.
This is making me feel better about my scale situation 😅
I am glad we could provide some comfort 😂
Thank you for the video!
I have these pests also in my collection. Always cheking to keep them in control. The weird thing is that over time they have started to look kind cute when they are walking along the vines.
Oh noooo they are NOT cute 😂 what you have there is a mealybug version of a Stockholm syndrome 😂 Recognize your enemy!
@@BasiePlants 😅😅😅
I’m excited you will be growing the Kaikoeana to see your experience with it. When I first bought her last fall she was happily growing in my care until I cut two ugly leaves off. She quit growing completely and continues to sulk. Curious if it’s just me. 😳🔪
Dealing with bugs skeeves me out like they do you. I feel like they are on me, which makes me itchy and twitchy. To be honest, I would have tossed that plant. I've tossed a few that weren't nearly as infested, but the mealybugs just kept showing up on them no matter how many times I treated them. Hoya Australis was on the way to the gallows, but (knock wood) I think I may finally have gotten rid of them on her. I just took some harsh measures with Hoya Krimson Queen yesterday. If that doesn't cure her, we will be parting company. I'm trying a new mix of two types of Castille soap (peppermint and tea tree), alcohol, peroxide, and water. Fingers crossed, it will be more effective than just alcohol, but we'll see.
That is 🤢. I have some but I spray Isopropyl 70% alcohol all over the plant and then use the cotton swabs to remove.
12:38 That's what you should have done to begin with ...
“I’m just gonna kill myself”
“NO!!”
😂😂
This video was grossly fun to watch😅
It is pretty disturbing 😂
@@BasiePlants 10% off?
Hello I would suggest a spray bottle with alcohol, as I do!!
We did use one :)
@BasiePlants sorry saw it at the beginning .
Id cover the soil and dip in a container of alcohol. Then focus on ones ground level. How long does it take to get an infestation this large for the love of Pete?
Not long at all actually. It depends on the conditions. I had pretty bad mealy infestations develop in 2-3 weeks. Not as bad as this, but not that far from it.
Die Hard Mega Hard - mealybug edition
And I love the ending 😂😂😂
Hahaha 😂 Idk, if I find it pretty concerning. Do you know I have a code for 10% off… ? 🤣
@@BasiePlants 😂😂😂
Couple’s therapy
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I can already see you crying if this were you 😂
@@BasiePlants Absolutely
omg, I just took of two basters myself today. What actually kills the eggs?
Repeated treatment, breaking their cycle
me again, speaking of pests. I am really more concerned about flat mites or false mites. I bought a few Hoyas with thick stems and lots of stunted growth (crippled buts). I did get a microscope (the one which looks like a thick pen). I can't find any crawling reddish pest. Still I can't get it to grow. Never done the Sulfer treatment, but thinking of it. I bought the Sulfur from Bonite from the US. Mine are all in Pon or Leca. What is your take on trying it with the Sulfer?? Thanks
Sulfur is okay but leaves a residue. I use abamectin and paraffin oil. Look for yellow/ whiteish pest. The red ones are just one of them and the biggest. The yellowish/ almost transparent ones are hard to spot and wreak havoc.
@@BasiePlants Thank you, do you have a product name, maybe I am able to get it in Germany or Switzerland.
@@BasiePlants ok, I was able to get it. Do you mix the abamectin with the oil, and in what ratio? Sorry for all the questions. Did you find this to work as good as the sulfur? Thank you.
@@user-ek7kd3il5m For me it works better than sulfur. For the product I use, I mix 2ml abamectin, 6ml of parafin oil per 2l of water. But your instructions may differ.
I gotta say that is a serious infestation!! Yikes.🤢
There are some chonkers for sure.
Anyone who says they don't have pests and/or have never had pests is a LIAR or is delusional or both. Sorry not sorry 😅
I love you both, but i must go vomit
😂😂😂😂😂
A very appropriate reaction. I almost puked myself 😂