How to treat pests in succulent soil and leaves?

[Ellie2]

 

 

Hi there,

I recently lost another succulent due to a kind if worm I found in their pots.

please find attached photos. This is like fifth time I have this issue with my lovely succulents. Any advice how to get ride of them or how to prevent this.

also I found another kind of pest on succulent leaves it is very strange like tissue pieces any idea what can I do ?again I upload some photos.

thanks fir your help in advance.

 

[JacobZ]

Hi @Ellie2,

I'm sorry to hear you are losing your succulents.

Unfortunately, you are finding grubs in the soil and mealybugs on the leaves, neither of which is great for your succulents.

I would suggest using OCP 100ml Eco-Neem Concentrate as a soil drench to treat the grubs and a foliar spray to treat the mealybugs.

For the soil drench, mix 10 mL of Eco-Neem with every litre of water required and pour it on the soil until it is fully drenched. This will treat any grubs hiding in the soil.

For the foliar spray to treat mealybugs, mix 15-30 mL with 5 L of water and spray it over the leaves of your succulents. Reapply every 7 days until the mealybugs are managed.

Let me know what you think, and if you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Jacob

[Rustygirl88]

The curl grubs don’t like water. If you flood the pots they are in the grubs will come to the surface and u can feed them to birds chickens or just drown them in a bucket of water. I recently had a pot full of curl grubs. Yucky. 

[JacobZ]

Hi @Rustygirl88,

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, it is wonderful to have you with us.

Thank you for sharing your experience, I am sure @Ellie2 will be grateful to hear it.

Jacob