Re: scale remedy

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Actually I've been using cooking oil for many years now, with very few 
problems. Is many times cheaper, too.

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From: <Edibleflowers1@aol.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] scale remedy

> Cooking oil is too heavy and processed for putting on your  plants. Use
> horticultural oil which is a lightweight oil for treating scale.  Water 
> won't
> knock scale off a plant.
>
> Mrs. Know It All of "The Organic Gardeners"
> Author "Eat  Your Roses" Pansies, Lavender and 49 other Delicious Flowers
> GWA Region 2  Director
>
>
>
> "There's a few things I've  learned in life: always throw salt over your
> left shoulder, keep rosemary by  your garden gate, plant lavender for good
> luck, and fall in love whenever you  can" Practical Magic
>
>
> In a message dated 6/21/2012 8:14:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> cultivated@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> My big  overwintering problem is scale on a 20-year-old bay leaf plant.
> Treating with cooking oil spray seems worth trying. The plant is too
> heavy to lug into the shower every week.
> Carolyn Ulrich
>
>
> On  Jun 21, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Rose Marie McGee wrote:
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