RE: CULT: louisiana transplant/scale
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] CULT: louisiana transplant/scale
- From: M* M*
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 11:43:02 -0400
John,
I don't know how effective it will be for a really heavy infestation, but I
just tried the lice shampoo on my ficus that regularly gets scale in late
winter. The infestation was about two weeks old (I was busy) and I sprayed
a solution of half a teaspoon per quart once a week for three weeks. It
was the most effective non-toxic method that I've used. I've been spraying
and wiping with a 50% alcohol solution previous years and you really have to
wipe it down well and treat it for six weeks.
You could try a combination of an alcohol soak and cleaning it off before
planting and then spraying once a week with the lice shampoo solution.
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Ontario (zone 4) -- where some irises are emerging but most are
still under two feet of snow.
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> From: John Reeds[SMTP:jreeds@microsensors.com]
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> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 1:37 PM
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> Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: louisiana transplant/scale
>
> I'll be moving my louisianas later this year; some of them have a scale
> infestation I've been battling for about a year. They haven't been real
> happy in their temporary growing area, so with all the trimming of
> infested
> leaves they may not even bloom this spring. I've been able to cotrol it
> somewhat with Ortho's "Isotox" spray. I wonder if I should dip them in a
> dilute solution of it before transplanting, but I hate to handle all that
> poison. Any suggestions? I can replant the louisianas immediately upon
> digging, or clean them up and spray the tops, soaking the roots overnight
> while leaving the tops exposed. I just don't want the scale to follow
> them
> to the new bed.
>
> John Reeds, in sunny southern California,
> where the Ghio plicatas are exploding with stalks
> jreeds@microsensors.com
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