I would use some thing like Bonide house plant spray for bugs with imidacloprid. I buy it as a tree drench product very high in imidacloprid then mix a spoonful in a spray bottle and give it a good drench. In a few days do it again for hatching eggs. Not bad to do it once a week for month. Using alcohol might be tuff on the plant after a while and eggs keep hatching re-infesting the plant and also plants kept near it.

I like to use Bayer Advanced Disease Control for Roses as a once every few months just to be on the safe side. Mostly any new plants I get.

Scale can be very difficult to get rid of, so best of luck. There are differences between soap and the detergents most cleaners are made from. Here is an ARTICLE about insecticidal soaps.

Dawn was a soap that was recommended to me at a certain forum of cactus growers years ago. Alcohol and water was also recommended. I can see that using it repettitively might be an issue.

I did buy some of the Bonide tree stuff and will apply it today.

Don't forget to treat the other plants anywhere around it. In case of infection.

Will do but not today. I lied. I am nursing husband ( kidney stone operation)and baking Iranian Z'atar flat breads and hummus.. Watering garden was all that was in me before it got too hot outside.

I had a kidney stone once. Hopefully never again. Most pain I was ever in that I can remember. Sorry for your husband.

He has had 4 and this one would not pass. So we went hunting for it.