What to Do When Succulents Get Pests? A Few Effective Prevention and Control Methods

No matter what plants we grow, the sight we least want to see is probably pests on them. Today the editor will tell you what to do when succulents get pests. Let's take a look.

Chemical prevention and control

There are mainly four chemicals that can be used when succulents get pests: chlorothalonil, carbendazim, Jiebijiezhi and Huhuashen. Among them, carbendazim is a broad-spectrum insecticide, but after being used too many times, it will make the pests develop resistance. Usually when using it, you can dilute it with water 500 times or 1000 times, then spray it directly on the succulent plant, and this can effectively remove the pests.

Tweezers

If you see a small number of mealybugs on the succulent, you can use tweezers to pick those mealybugs off directly and kill them. It is just rather troublesome, and sometimes we cannot see those pests with the naked eye, so they cannot be completely killed. If you feel that using tweezers is too troublesome, you can directly rinse with clean water to wash the pests off.

Alcohol

If you think the above two methods are not very good, you can use alcohol to kill the pests. Alcohol with a concentration of 75% is fine. Dip a cotton swab in it and gently wipe the leaves with mealybugs, and this can kill the mealybugs, because alcohol can not only disinfect and sterilize and kill the pests, but also will not burn the leaves.

Alright, the above is the editor's advice on what to do when succulents get pests. Although chemical prevention and control is the best. After all, the chemicals sprayed to kill pests all carry a certain toxicity, so it is better to use them cautiously.