How do I control mealy bugs organically?

Don't water in the evening. Don't make plant nitrogen rich. Don't allow leaves to touch the ground/soil. Use metarhizium to drench soil. Prevent ants reaching your plants in any or all possible ways. Avoid food for them in the soil. Over and above this, keep neem oil emulsion in hand. If you are lucky, natural predators will take charge — for this, repellent spraying should be used judiciously only.

Sap-Sucking Pests

Mealy Bugs

White cottony clusters tucked into leaf joints and under leaves. They drain sap, stunt new growth, and farm ant colonies that protect them from predators.

Sumithra Srikant's protocol

Straight from the founder's own guidance.

1Don't water in the evening.
2Don't make plant nitrogen rich.
3Don't allow leaves to touch the ground/soil.
4Use metarhizium to drench soil.
5Prevent ants reaching your plants in any or all possible ways.
6Avoid food for them in the soil.
7Over and above this, keep neem oil emulsion in hand.
8If you are lucky, natural predators will take charge — for this, repellent spraying should be used judiciously only.

The organic answer

What works on mealy bugs

2 products from our catalogue target this specifically. All biological or plant-based — safe on food crops.

Boondhi Kottai or Soap Nut

PC001

₹40~~₹75~~47% off

Neem oil - 100 ml

PESTC7-1

₹40~~₹75~~47% off

Often seen alongside

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Sap-Sucking Pests

Mealy Bugs

White cottony clusters tucked into leaf joints and under leaves. They drain sap, stunt new growth, and farm ant colonies that protect them from predators.

Sumithra Srikant's protocol

Straight from the founder's own guidance.

1Don't water in the evening.
2Don't make plant nitrogen rich.
3Don't allow leaves to touch the ground/soil.
4Use metarhizium to drench soil.
5Prevent ants reaching your plants in any or all possible ways.
6Avoid food for them in the soil.
7Over and above this, keep neem oil emulsion in hand.
8If you are lucky, natural predators will take charge — for this, repellent spraying should be used judiciously only.

The organic answer

What works on mealy bugs

2 products from our catalogue target this specifically. All biological or plant-based — safe on food crops.

Boondhi Kottai or Soap Nut

PC001

₹40~~₹75~~47% off

Neem oil - 100 ml

PESTC7-1

₹40~~₹75~~47% off

Often seen alongside

Still not sure it's mealy bugs?

Send us a photo. We'll confirm what it is before you spend a rupee.

Ask on WhatsApp