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Mon, Dec 5, 11 at 18:36
| A friend gave me a nice minature shefflera today. It's in a 3 gallon pot. It is loaded with scale. She said she had sprayed it with a pesticide. I'm thinking maybe the scales are dead, they are just stuck to the leaves. What can I use to wipe them off with? I'm thinking a soft cloth and some dish soap or some rubbing alcohol. |
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| You could use a soapy cloth to wipe the leaves with, then spray it occasionally with a mist of one part alcohol to three parts water. |
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| Babywipes work well. They were recommended to me by a specialist citrus grower and I use them on my potted lemon. |
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- Posted by gravyboots 7B (My Page) on Tue, Dec 6, 11 at 15:29
| Spray them off with jets of water? And, don't forget to follow up with the insecticide treatment, as scale has several life stages. I like horticultural oil or neem. GB |
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| I don't think scale would even budge from a blast of water. They must have some kind of glue in them. I think these were dead scale because I just used a moist cloth and they came off very easily except some clear ones. I needed to get it done so I could get it into the greenhouse. No room inside for it out of Zackey's (the cat)reach. |
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- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (hopefulauthor@sbcglobal.net) on Fri, Dec 9, 11 at 18:06
| This worked for an Olive and two Citrus trees. 1 capful of Fish Emulsion in a 16-20oz bottle mister filled w/water. Shake thoroughly. Spray leaf tops and undersides, branches, and trunks.
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