triple stack of pests- normal treatment or something more

[estación seca]

I bet you shake your head about youngsters not learning in school nowadays. If you can't do percentages how will you know how much the government takes out of your paycheck?

[WaterWitchin]

That’s what an accountant is for.

[rbarata]

I made a solution of 4:1 99.9% iso and water...

Too much alcohol... I use a 5% solution (that's 5 parts alchool and 95 water)

[Roberta]

I use straight 70% rubbing alcohol... just stick a sprayer in the bottle. Doesn't seem to hurt anything, even flowers. Does a number on mealy bugs, and is pretty good on aphids too.

[WaterWitchin]

Yup. The KISS method.

[camille1585]

I also use 70% straight out of the bottle. The only precaution I take is avoid treating the plants in a spot where there is a lot of air movement (so not outdoors) as it supposedly increases the evaporative cooling effect which can damage the tissues of thin leafed orchids. If it's true or not I don't know, since I play it same and use the rubbing alcohol indoors!

[WaterWitchin]

Kinda off-topic... kinda not... When Covid reared its ugly head, there was such an alcohol shortage. I was attending PT, and another client there was saying she couldn't find any, and her husband required it for putting on his prosthetic leg. (No idea why.)

I had her drop by my house after PT and pick up a couple of bottles. Who knew raising orchids and having a dozen bottles of rubbing alcohol on hand would become hoarding?

[DirtyCoconuts]

I actually had a similar thing happen. I buy in bulk so I can save and to avoid shopping. When COVID hit us I had just gone to bjs and I had so much paper product lol
I think all of my neighbors have needed some at this point