African Violets and Gesneriads: Help I'm Infected....., 1 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
Looks like a few of my AV's have Mealy Bugs. I have played around with Q-tips and alcohol but I can't quite seem to get rid of them. They are a difficult problem to resolve. So I am wondering if any of you have had this type of problem and how you treat your AV's for pests. Many of my plants are in AV pots I was wondering if I put a systemic pesticide in the water if the roots would pick it up? Sure don't think that my fuzzy leaves would be real happy being drenched in the stuff.