How to treat mealy bugs on pings? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by Polkira@lemmy.ca to c/houseplants@mander.xyz

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I have a bit of a conundrum. Twice now I've seen fairly large mealy bugs in this ping's dish. ordinarilly I'd dunk the whole plant (roots and all) into insectidal soap for 30 minutes. With pings though I worry the leaves are too sensitive.

Has anyone ever successfully treated pinguiculas for mealy bugs or other soft bodied pests?

Luckily it's in my quarantine so it hopefully won't spread to my whole collection. Below is a closeup of the culprit, along with the plants in that room (mostly newly bought pings...)

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[-] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Definitely take some leaf pullings before! Just in case, if the soap kills the plants, you have a backup and can start growing them again.

I'm in a similar position with my Drosera right now.

What substrate do you use for your pings? If you use peat or other organic media, I think they won't be super happy. They arent bog plants and don't like to be having wet feet constantly afaik

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