Re: CULT: fuzzy grey bugs

Laurie,

Your description did indeed sound like mealy bugs as Janet said.  Her
recommendation (with the URL) was excellent.

I have used the Safer insecticidal soap on houseplants and found it very
useful.  Mixing up the home-made batch you made is a heck of a lot cheaper,
and undoubtedly just as effective.  Don't overdo the alcohol--plant cells get
drunk, too.  I've watched streaming protoplasm in the hairs of tomato stems
under the microscope as they react to alcohol.  It was frightening!  I
realized those cells were *alive* in the same sense I am, and perhaps just as
*aware* of their environment in some subtle way as I am as well..  Alcohol had
a whale of an effect on them!

Neil Mogensen  z 7 western NC

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