Hi Guys!
A new member here. I have taken on the most daunting task, buying my first home. While I have moved in and the house is presenting its own set of problems, my new bamboo worries me.
I have a buddah' s belly bamboo. It's in a gigantic pot. Around 10 feet hight. It has mealy bug infestation. While I have tried soap and oil spray and everything I learned from the net, they are still there. I have resorted to going from one leaf to another to physically remove the bugs.
Ive tried Malathion and Sevin. But I am afraid of contaminating the house------I have a son and a dog.
I want to try the systemic kind of pesticide, the thing that you feed the plant and is absorbed. Like Imidacloprid. So the mealy bugs will just fall off.
You know where I can find it?
Thanks
Re: Mealy Bugs
Use a mixture of DAWN dish soap and water in a spray bottle and mist the plants.also good for other plants and flowers.
Time consuming, but effective. Or you can spray the plant with spectracide bug stop - sure death to mealies, aphids, spider mites, scale... - won't hurt the plant.
