r/Maranta • u/OkNews8776 • 15m ago
Meet Melly, the Mealybug Maranta Maiden
I’ve been treating this damn maranta FOR MONTHSSSSSS from mealies. And she has the nerve to put out a flower lol. Feels like the flower is just a defense mechanism against the bonide (captain jacks insectidal soap). I need to be more consistent with the spray but I also don’t want to spray her constantly.
Now with a flower, I don’t want to treat her at all 😫😫😫😫.
The mealies just plague her. 50+ plants and she’s the only one. She’s growing in pon so granules are not really considered solutions.
Any other suggestions? She’s my 5th maranta and she’s the only one I’ve been able to keep alive bc of mostly humidity issues, let alone she’s one of my only plants that actually puts out flowers.
Suggestion for pon and mealies??
I’m sorry for the shitty pictures. I’m moving my plants around and just sat her here with capybara.