spray it with a water/alcohol mix. try to cover everything-the little creeps are insidious. if the plantlet is rotting probably better to behead now.

I made this mix also with a little dish soap (a couple of drops). This helps to clean the plant from the liquid of the mealybugs and avoids the propagation of fungi in it.

Ewwmayo is right, I found the same thing. Not all of my plants care for alcohol treatment. Good luck with the mealies, the only other thing o can offer is don't be too opposed to a systemic if it comes down too it. I lost an Aeonium to mealies, still bummed about it. They got too deep onto its small nooks and crannies where I couldn't reach, was a bad case I inadvertently picked up from a nursery.

Dream- I had a similar issue last season. It was do or die. I chose to do. I un-planted the affected plants. cleared the roots of any soil/debris. I then submerged each plant in the alcohol/soap mixture 3-5 minutes each. After the soak i rinsed them off with lukewarm water. I placed them in a shaded spot for a few hours to dry. I re-planted. That was 5 months ago. They are not only surviving but, thriving!

Kim and Ewwmayo are correct about not all plants tolerating alcohol treatment. However, that being said if you are going to lose a plant anyway, isn't it better to try one last ditch attempt to save it?

My batch of plants that were affected had not yet been treated with systemic. If they had, I wouldn't have had the problem.

Read up on systemics as many of our members are opposed to using it, with good reason. I always encourage being informed so we can all make the best decisions for ourselves and our plants and of course our environment.

Dream- Almost forgot!! discard any of that old soil immediately. Don't let it get near any other plants. And, of course wash anything that came in contact with it, the containers and area should be washed too and wiped clean. Yes, i know you know this just a reminder. Boys can be a "mother hen" too! --Good luck : )

Oy vay, life has been sooo busy I haven't gotten to come back here and reply at all.

Just wanted to update on how the plant is doing: It's lost about 10 leaves or so. Some of them showed damage, so I think it was the bugs rather than the alcohol since it's all bottom leaves that came off, nothing up top and the entire plant has been getting alcohol-ed.

So far, I only saw mealies on two different days. Day one, and day two. I made sure to directly get the ones I could see swabbed off with an alcohol soaked q-tip as well as general plant treatment.

I have been periodically checking all my other plants just in case I missed it long enough for them to spread, but i've not seen anything on anyone else yet. The plant is currently hanging out in the livingroom all by it's lonesome and probably will be there for a month or two until I feel more secure. It's sitting around bare rooted right now, but I am giving the roots the occasional misting with water in case the extended hanging around with nothing is hard on it.

Thank you everyone for the advise! Should I continue to spray it with alcohol mix without any sign of new mealies in so long? How long should I do so, if so?