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Zen_Man - My root mealybugs

I took screenshots from my old post in the Florida forum, but I think you'll be able to see what I am talking about. This was not a Zinnia plant, but I get the rootbugs on several plants in that one bed and I won't be surprised to find them in my newer beds as I don't have raised beds, just amend my Florida sand.

From what I have read these are really hard to get rid of, soil drench of chemicals is what is needed. I have hacked the plants down so there would be no blooms so not to hurt the bees, but I think I would need to do it in several treatment cycles to really clean up the one bed that seems to have the worse of it.

And just think... These aren't even the never ending nematodes we deal with down here!

Side note, pill bugs, I wonder if those are the RollyPollys I use to love to play with at my grandparents house as a child! We don't seem to have them like we did in the 80s. As my cousin and I became adults we both where like...Where did all the RollyPollys go????

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