To kill the cochineal mealybug, use a hose end sprayer. Fill 1/2 with insecticidal soap (Home Depot stocks) and the other 1/2 with water.

Use a combined contact and stomach insecticide, together with a wetting agent – prickly pear bushes have a wax type leaf and whatever you apply will just run ...

Then I treat the plants with Safer insecticidal soap. So named because it's safe for the environment, it controls soft-bodied insects without harming plants ...

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Since cochineal insects are only mobile in the first instar, control can be as simple as removing infested pads from the plant and disposing of them ...

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To kill, first wash the scale off using a garden hose with fresh water. Then mix a combination of insecticide, dormant oil spray and dish soap to finish them ...

2 сент. 2017 г. · How to get Cochineal Scale Treatment If the invasion of scale is negligible, cochineal scale treatment involves merely of a sprig of water.

27 окт. 2017 г. · I have this issue as well. The only thing that has worked for me is hosing it down every couple of days and/or cut of the infected pads so it ...