https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/6-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-new-house-plant/ The plants you expect. The people you know. The experience you’ll remember. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/6-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-new-house-plant/#comment-981 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:03:14 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=17099#comment-981 Lois, you can drag them outside on days when it’s 58 or warmer to spray. Still, they’re worth it.

]]> https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/6-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-new-house-plant/#comment-980 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:59:28 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=17099#comment-980 Thank you and yes it is but this stuff is really hard to control – to keep it sprayed I have to cover book shelves, desk, floor etc just to keep spray off. Really hard.

]]> https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/6-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-new-house-plant/#comment-979 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:12:45 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=17099#comment-979 Lois, scale and/or mealybugs do seem to really have a preference for citrus but I am able to treat it successfully–and the little bit of trouble is worth it when I drink my iced or hot tea with my OWN home-grown lemon squeezed in there!

]]> https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/6-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-new-house-plant/#comment-978 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:45:17 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=17099#comment-978 Thank you.

]]> https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/6-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-new-house-plant/#comment-977 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:11:33 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=17099#comment-977 Lois, unfortunately citrus are prone to mealybug and scale. Before you bring it in in the fall, give your Meyer Lemon a good spray with a horticultural oil. I will sometimes scrape off the top 1/2 inch of soil and replace it, just in case any eggs drop. Because we inevitably miss a few eggs when we spray I expect I will have to spray at least a couple more times once I bring it in. When you do spray, be sure to get the undersides of the leaves since that’s where many of them hide. I prefer a horticultural oil to other products. Seems to give me better results–and I don’t have to worry about chemical residue…

]]> https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/6-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-new-house-plant/#comment-976 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:48:48 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=17099#comment-976 I need help – I have a Myers Lemon tree have had it for years and produces a lot of lemons. Last year it got Mealy Bug (I think – looks like pieces of cotton). Fought it all winter with with Garden Safe Houseplant and Garden insect killer. Put it outside in spring and trimmed back and looked good all summer sprayed occasionally with Seven. Now I’m seeing more mealy bug. Why can’t I get rid of it – I’ve treated the dirt with insect killer thinking that would help. I’m about ready to call it quits. Thanks for any help.

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