Hi there, Ihad written you guys quite some time ago about something that was growing on my plants and you had told me that it sounded like the meallly bug. To get rid of it, mix up a soapy solution and spray the plants. Well, I thought that might have worked but know its as if there are tons more white cottony spots on my plants, and all of them now. Before it was just a couple of plants but know every single one of them has it, and pretty much. What do you suggest I do? I have repotted all of them in new soil and wiped off the leaves (well the whole plant actually) but its back, and worse.... can you help????

You have got your work cut out for you if it's more than one plant! You might have missed a few mealies the last go around, that's why they came back, or, more where brought in with other plants.

You'll need to spray more of what you were using before, or, you can try rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle (one inch alcohol) the rest water, or make it a little stronger with more alcohol. You will need to spray every inch of the plants. Do this every 5 days or so for about three weeks, or until gone. Cover soil with something like a plastic baggy from Walmart.

Try to keep all the plants apart, that way, even if you manage to save one or two, the others won't re-infest them again. If they are all heavily infested, you could have trouble controlling their numbers and might want to think about getting rid of them and starting over.