Re: CULT: Insects...now leaf Spot
- Subject: Re: CULT: Insects...now leaf Spot
- From: M* M*
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 10:01:49 -0500
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
I get scale on my indoor plants -- right now on my orchids. Recommended
treatment is Q-tip dipped in alcohol. I find that you need to repeat this
once a week for two or three more weeks. If you don't have any alcohol,
just flick them off but I find you have to do this for about five or six
weeks.
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
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> From: BOB & LESLIE LIDDIARD[SMTP:liddiard@esn.net]
> Reply To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 9:41 PM
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: Insects...now leaf Spot
>
> From: Leslie Liddiard < liddiard@esn.net>
>
> Anner wrote:
>
> >Leslie, that is real interesting. Good for you, traipsing some
> leaves in for
> scrutiny. Now, what did he tell you to do for those scale? Maybe a
> little
> dormant oil?>
>
>
>
> Anner: That was the really good news. By the time I had noticed
> the scale, we had just had a hard freeze. It seems that even though our
> CES agent could see them on the fans, they were dead, dead, DEAD.
> Therefore no recommended treatment. I had snipped several fans and he
> looked at all samples to make sure.
>
> If this reoccurs, I'll call and ask about treatment. He did say
> that he'd never seen scale on iris and didn't have any idea how it could
> have gotten there.
>
> Leslie Liddiard
>
> liddiard@esn.net
>
> Goldsboro, NC
>
> AIS Zone 8
>
>
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