Re: scale
bett mctigue wrote:
>
> Help, I have discovered one of my oleanders is smothered in scale - is
> there any alternative to going over the plant and disposing of each scale?
> I have done that on a small plant but it could take a week on this one!
> Be grateful for any suggestions. Bette
Scales can easily be smothered by covering them over with a film of oil.
As the oleander is an evergreen, to avoid foliage damage you should
either use a light summer-type oil or one of the heavier all-seasons
types at rhe summer dilution only.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
