Step 4: Check on your Plant Every Day for a Few Weeks
Check the infested plant daily for any signs of mealybugs, and kill each one that you see using a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol. Spray the plant with neem oil again after a week if you’re still killing mealybugs on it daily. Also, inspect any plants that were sitting near the infested plant every day to make sure there aren’t any bugs on those plants (being sure to wash your hands after touching each plant!). Keep in mind you will most likely need to use this treatment process several times, depending on the severity of the infestation. If there are no new mealybugs found after several weeks of inspecting the plant, you can add it back to your collection, but try to put it in a new spot just in case.
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