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Might need to drown my VFT
- Thread starter SativaKing
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PlantAKiss
Moderator Schmoderator Fluorescent fluorite, Engl
Hi SativaKing
What size are these bugs? If they are kinda fluffy looking it might be mealy bugs. You can do a search for mealy bugs and see if it looks like yours. Also you could try a search for just "plant pests" in general and see if anything else looks like them. If there are only a few, I'd try handpicking them off first and then spraying your plant with soapy water. Soapy water often will work on pests without having to go for chemicals. You could try drowning them but who knows how long it would take that particular bug to die.
Just some suggestions.
Suzanne
What size are these bugs? If they are kinda fluffy looking it might be mealy bugs. You can do a search for mealy bugs and see if it looks like yours. Also you could try a search for just "plant pests" in general and see if anything else looks like them. If there are only a few, I'd try handpicking them off first and then spraying your plant with soapy water. Soapy water often will work on pests without having to go for chemicals. You could try drowning them but who knows how long it would take that particular bug to die.
Just some suggestions.
Suzanne
If the new traps on your plants are growing twisted and deformed than they are aphids. I had some of these attack my common vft and they did some serious damage. I use Ortho Rose and Flower Insect Killer with no side effects to my plants at all. I find it much easier and quicker than keeping my plants underwater.
