Re: Cast Iron plant


They don't move. I wondered if it was thrips, I've never actually
encountered them to my knowledge. Maybe that's it.

Ceres, they aren't in the house, they're outside, and it's definitely not
scale. these are WAY too small for that. How do you treat thrips?

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cast Iron plant


> Do they move? Thrips, perhaps?
> Cathy
> On Sunday, March 7, 2004, at 06:22 PM, Andrea H wrote:
>
> > ditto for me too. I've never seen it bloom and I've had to variegata
> > in pots
> > on my porch for 5-6 years. Although they seem to have gotten some kind
> > of
> > pest that's sucking the life out of them. I've prayed, scrubbed, etc
> > and
> > they keep coming back. They look like little white specks, except
> > they're
> > long and thin, if that makes any sense at all. One of my leaves is just
> > covered with them. A hard jet of water does NOTHING. It's like they're
> > glued
> > to the plant.
> >
> > Andrea H
> > Beaufort, SC
>
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