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Mealy bugs on my san pedro and red spider on my peyote
#9120215 - 10/23/08 08:42 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I just noticed them today. I'm pretty sure the mealy bugs got transferred from another house plant by accident. 
So far i've been picking off the mealy bugs and wiping them with white spirit. I don't know what to do about the ones in the soil though.
The peyote only has a few red bugs on it here and there. I just squashed them with my finger. Do red spiders infect the roots?
Do you think I will need to take further action?
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Re: Mealy bugs on my san pedro and red spider on my peyote [Re: Revelation]
#9120237 - 10/23/08 08:52 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Spiders probably shouldn't do anything to it, in fact if they are truly spiders they would help keep other bugs off it if anything, but those mealy bugs got to go.
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Re: Mealy bugs on my san pedro and red spider on my peyote [Re: highdroponics]
#9120245 - 10/23/08 08:55 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think he may mean those tiny red spider mites.
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Re: Mealy bugs on my san pedro and red spider on my peyote [Re: KBG1977]
#9120463 - 10/23/08 09:58 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah that's what I mean. How do I get rid of mealy bugs in the soil?
Any help appreciated, i'm a plant noob.
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Re: Mealy bugs on my san pedro and red spider on my peyote [Re: Revelation]
#9121590 - 10/23/08 02:32 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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You have to change the soil, and discard the infected soil in your trash. Sterilize the container (just pour lots of boiling water on it), and be sure to clean your cactus roots from mealy fuckers before you replant it.
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Re: Mealy bugs on my san pedro and red spider on my peyote [Re: felixhigh]
#9121645 - 10/23/08 02:45 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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will do
should i get some kind of insectide just to be on the safe side?
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Re: Mealy bugs on my san pedro and red spider on my peyote [Re: Revelation]
#9121694 - 10/23/08 02:56 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Not yet. Mealy bugs require drastic measures, it´s not something sold in stores, ready for use, there´s a special recipe. Everything else is pretty much useless.
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Re: Mealy bugs on my san pedro and red spider on my peyote [Re: scruffymafia]
#9122067 - 10/23/08 04:01 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Moth balls? Gonna try it on my infected cereus. Despite its heavily infected it still outgrows the sucking of the fuckers. I needed some natural predators like Ladybugs or Leptomastix (I think this is the name).
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