Shall I give up on this houseplant (aphids!)

[Mykittensmittens]

I have a lot of houseplants (50+!) and I don’t want this to spread.

A year ago I picked up an ‘artists palette’ on the nearly dead shelf and revived it well. It lives a solitary life on my bedroom windowsill, not too near other plants.

However it is plagued by aphids. I have tried everything. I’ve showered it. Sprayed it in neem oil. Wiped them off. No matter how thorough I think I am, within a week the buggers are back again, sucking the life out of any new leaves or flowers.

2 weeks ago when the good weather came i resorted to chemical aphid spray giving it one heck of a dousing outside.

still now again it’s crawling with them. I’ve showered it again. There are still hundreds.

should I just give up and bin it? I don’t want the problem to spread…..

As a last resort, unpot it, rinse all the soil off the roots and repot in new, clean soil. With the better weather (hopefully) arriving, can it live outside for a bit?

Daft question - do they live in the soil then? I’d already repotted it but didn’t rinse the roots. Maybe that’s worth a go?

I managed to save an infested plant last year by sticking it outside for the summer. Might be worth a try. Also baby ladybirds eat aphids if that's any help?

Jeez, life really is too short to spend so much time on aphids. I love my houseplants dearly but if any get to that stage, they're binned immediately before they infect the rest. Bye bye and move on.....

@Mykittensmittens I reckon they do, I've had the same issue and quarantined one of my plants in the bathtub! It will be spending the summer outside to toughen up.