Re: Scale on orchids

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Scale on orchids
• From: Cathy Carpenter c*@insightbb.com
• Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 15:18:23 -0500
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Cannot speak to scale on orchids, but I have had to deal with it on  
succulents. Had to remove a badly infested section, but once I did  
that, hand scraping did the trick...but vigilance is necessary. I  
checked my plants daily and scraped every one I saw.


Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On May 28, 2005, at 10:16 PM, A A HODGES wrote:

> are seriously irritating me. I've been scraping them off by hand, but
> more keep coming. For those of you who are orchid growers, how do you
> treat scale on them? I am terrified of harming my orchids, some are
> fairly young and I'm still new at this. It's not just one species
> either. They're on all my orchids. Except for the Vanda. It's doing
> great.
>
> Help!
> A
>
>
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
>
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