How I treat mealybugs on my Orchids! 👩🏻‍⚕️

My Orchid has a small infestation of mealybugs which is very easy to treat at this stage!
🦋 More info below! 🦋
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - What are mealybugs?
03:14 - Ways to treat an infestation
05:24 - Treating the mealybugs
10:20 - Repotting my orchid
17:38 - Outro
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[@MissOrchidGirl]

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[@juliadavis6433]

I have a question. I have a Phalaenopsis that needs to be repotted, but the flower spike has 2 keikis that are about 3 - 4 weeks old. Can i still repot or should I wait til they are big enough to take off

[@reillyamber160]

Thank you for this! I just discovered honeydew on one of my plants for the first time, and it's probably mealybugs 😰 This video was perfect timing!

[@omfgitsdenisse]

Omg. Your timing is unreal. I was JUST watching your old videos on mealybugs last night!! I found some on a houseplant near my orchids and panicked. This is perfect, you read my mind!!

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Very helpful to see this one as I have struggled with mealy bugs in the house plants (not just orchids).

[@pixmahler5859]

I was heading to do my mealybug eradication today🤣 What great timing.

[@cynthiacisneros1694]

Thanks Dani❣️

[@carmelitaenriquez2114]

Thanks for the info❤️

[@futuristiccitrus6393]

Such wonderful information and love ! I struggle w these buggers from time to time. Washing hands and surfaces with soap and water often during process, making sure clothing, hair do not come in contact too- the very small newborn bugs are not super visible and all crawl fast like you said ! May everyone have success keeping their pests at bay ✨

[@Wendy-zl8kv]

Thank you 🙏

[@iw7710]

LoL, great job, thank you for the info. With the close up, showed hubby & said they look like spider egg nests.

[@wandashaw3551]

Those little fuzzy buggers took down my Tetrapsis C last year, infestation is an understatement. Ick!!

[@braydensbreadbakery1737]

I am very grateful my orchids have not gotten any pests (knock on wood) Thank you for always providing credible information!

[@cloudfairweather1]

I wish I reviewed this before I gave up. The bugs spread to two other plants.

[@KaylayaKasintaya]

I found some mealy bugs on my water chain plant recently. It's not too bad yet, I can easily use some tweezers and q-tips and rubbing alchohol. Luckily they haven't spread yet to the other plants on the windows sill with them. It's a great time to repot too! Guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow!

[@katrinaphoung9855]

Thank you for this great video! I have some kind of bug the loves the root system for nesting but doesn’t seem the bother the plant to much. I had the plant for a year and it is growing it’s second stem this year. I have soaked it a few times to fertilize it and never saw signs of a problem. I recently got new plants and started to see teeny-tiny ant-like things (black head and thorax, clear or white abdomen tiny as a mite!) running along the shelf. I thought they were from the new plants, but I found they were coming in and out of this established plant! When I took it out it was like a huge infestation of them in the roots! I don’t know what they are but I have treated them like mealy bug and used alcohol to kill them, cleaned and repotted them ALL to make sure nothing else is effected. I think they have been hiding inside and it just happened to be time for swarming.

[@beckiewong3190]

Hi Danny. Thank you for all your videos. Have learned so much from you! Do you mind to go through how you manage your 'climbing' cattleyas? I have a few catts that with each new growth it gets higher and grows out of the pot. Its such a headache to keep the roots inside medium. Some tips on how to manage those would be great. ☺️

[@mozie9316]

Thank you for showing us how to clear mealy bugs as I have been looking in everywhere but no help anywhere .

[@imberrysandy]

i did not know mealies can be in the root system too! i was wondering why they keep coming back 😵‍💫 ty for the info ❤

[@NiirtaTwitch]

omg THANKS xD ❤❤

[@hongzhang5379]

Love your blue tray, where did you get it?

[@rifattarkyararbas4058]

You can use NEEMAZAL (low toxic and low systemic) or Rogor(dimethoate) (strong toxic and strong systemic).

[@budpool4835]

I have used Windex and it works.

[@farshidb7240]

Thanks for info, very useful. I have a question. My Phalaenopsis made buds, and buds grow completely , but never opened😢. What’s the reason? I tried to keep the condition like when it was growing.

[@sinine1100]

Drowning bugs in general works poorly, since a lot of them, in addition to making bubbles around them, can also recover from being "dead in the water" for a few hours. I use alcohol for things that can tolerate it. Oil-based and mechanical removal for things that can't... Also, *beautiful* ceratostylis!

[@juliedurkin9462]

I don't have a problem with bugs but i have a plant that has 2 kikis on it but they do not have roots asnof yet which has been on the mum for about a year and now there looks like the kiki has a kiki growing on it what can i do please these plant i rescued and they were not very well i have 6 now all from the same source one about to flower

[@randihardy6642]

helpful! im fighting mealies on my succulents, just realized i have been using hydrogen peroxide and i need to upgrade to alcohol. thanks!

[@GreyDevil]

I have mealy bugs in my African violets. Any recs for dealing with them? I tried Neem oil and didn't get great results

[@sandracdesigns6046]

Thanks for this video! My first orchid has them, yuck! I recently repotted it; can they come from new orchid potting mediums, like bark and moss?

[@kendravoracek3636]

💚💚

[@carpediem.9]

I have a cactus infested with mealies since this winter... I have tried water with some soap it didn't work very well, I might try the hydrogen peroxide 3% hopefully it won't damage the roots

[@_Moonlight92]

I have mealy bugs right now 😢 I hope I save my Grams prayer plant before it was too bad 😭 she is gone now so I will be devastated. That’s what I get for not quarantining new plants I guess

[@yvonnevandermeer8471]

Thank you for the video. I use spirits to remove them.

[@davchow8124]

Mealy bug are the worse. Thanks for addressing this problem. Oh, by the way “Happy International Women Day!” (3/08/22)

[@dulindiapril1669]

Dani so you only treat it once 🤔

[@juliadavis6433]

I just had to do a repot because of what looked like little black fly's

[@lljones1593]

Probably fungus gnats from too much water. They will keep coming back unless u reduce water significantly as they lay eggs in bark. Good luck!

[@juliadavis6433]

@@lljones1593 only saw a few thats why i repotted with fresh stuff and cleaned up old roots. hoping i found them early, so they didnt get into the other 7 orchids

[@DevilAdvocate]

Thank you for this video! I just found mealy's on my newer Phaelonopsis orchids, but it seems they've already burrowed into the crown... if I Neam oil, should I be drying it off after some time to avoid rotting the crown?

[@EzEzEz369]

Not necessary if you have good air circulation.

[@yasminayrm6033]

Am I the only one so Icked by the pests on my flowers 😖 I get nauseous and have no desire to touch the plant but so angry that they attacked my flowers/plants😡 that just makes me fight them immediately

[@shelbstrr]

Mealybugs are one pest that makes me sick. I’m not sure why but they just give me the heebie-jeebies compared to other pests.

[@uwodahikamama2]

Noooo I just put rubbing alcohol on my Phal roots 😅😅😅 I did rinse off the rubbing alcohol on most of them like 30 seconds after application??? They’re ok. :/

[@Christofblueberry]

dani im having a trouble choosing what to buy. Should I buy Phalaenopsis samera, bellina or tetraspis?

[@haydenmcdonald1125]

Bellina!

[@e.m.argiro319]

Thank you I have a question, how do you get rid of the sticky film that is left behind? I discovered what looks like a syrupy coat on one of the leaves of my phaelonopsis orchid and it’s been bugging me with the mealybugs Should I try a soft damp cloth with lemon?

[@sinine1100]

Regular distilled or RO water works just fine, the residue is just sugar.

[@e.m.argiro319]

@@sinine1100 thank you

[@MADCHiCK3NFTW]

I hate these things!!!! My orchids have them for a year and a half, this stupid thing killed a couple of my orchids.

[@jjeshop]

Aphids.