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They live underground and they like to suck your plant's roots.

Are root mealybugs the biggest house plant horror of all?

I find out in this week's On the Ledge Podcast.

Hello and welcome to the show.

I am your host, Jane Perron, bringing you all the info, tips, facts and gossip about the world of house plants.

In this week's show, I'm joined by entomologist Professor Raymond Cloyd, who's got all the info you need to know about this particular

underground house plant pest. And spoiler alert, I'm afraid it's not good news for those of us

who have suffered from infestations of this pest. But we get into all the different aspects of looking for root mealy bugs and what to do

when you find them plus i answer a question about braided plants small housekeeping note my

british library appearance which was due to take place earlier earlier this week, has actually been postponed,

and it's now happening on December 2nd. So if you didn't get around to purchasing a live stream

or in-person ticket, then you have not missed the boat. Look for details of that at the top of the

show notes at janeperone.com. And a brief reminder that if you are

still using Elon Musk's plaything, aka Twitter, then you can join me and my US counterpart,

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