Re: scale
In a message dated 9/20/99 9:54:29 AM, bett@mindbomb.net writes:
>Help, I have discovered one of my oleanders is smothered in scale - is
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>there any alternative to going over the plant and disposing of each scale?
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> I have done that on a small plant but it could take a week on this one!
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>Be grateful for any suggestions. Bette
Try this, Bette, for scale information:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn009.html
I've had some success controlling scale on citrus by making a sticky barrier
for ants, spraying with horticultural oil, and zapping the "crawlers" with
insecticidal soap. I've also released green lacewing larvae.
Nancy (MSPeach)
Los Altos, Sunset zone 16, USDA zone 9
