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Thu, Mar 18, 10 at 16:34
| My new St. John's Wort became pest infected last late Spring. All summer I struggled with getting rid of the pests. I sprayed and black scales or dots which looked like little critters would disappear, but they would come back, even when I sprayed before they came back thinking to kill the eggs. I cut it way back at one point also. Also from spraying it the leaves were all covered with white chaulk. It was getting four full hours of strong sunlight. I'm going to move it this year, IF I SHOULD KEEP IT AT ALL. That's actually the question. Do I want to transplant it to the six or seven hour sun spot I have for it, or am I just asking for trouble and spreading this pest further in the yard and fooling myself if I think the bug will not do the same thing this year. What is frustrating is that the info on the card said this was a bug resistant plant. Not this one. Should I trash it or give a try? Am I hazarding spreading the pest if I do give it a try??? Thanks.! |
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- Posted by tsugajunkie 5a SE_WI (My Page) on Thu, Mar 18, 10 at 18:28
| What was the pest? Was it really scale? What were you spraying with? tj |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 18, 10 at 22:45
| Various hypericums are extremely prone to rust, but that is a disease, not an insect problem. Other than that and sometimes a wilting in climates with high summer humidity, these are relatively trouble-free plants and rarely bothered by insects. But it will do best and be far less stressed if in more sun. Should the problem recur, have it ID'd properly before attempting treatment. |
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| Spraying wildly when you don't know what the pest is or what is appropriate for it is not good for the plant, for the environment or for you. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 19, 10 at 8:36
| based on what you have already done.. dont you think it just might be time to get rid of it.. sometimes it just gets to the point where the effort just isnt worth the cause ... no matter what you paid for it ... at a min .. cut off a branch and take it to an upscale nursery [not a bigboxstore] and properly ID the problem.. and then act accordingly... if not there .... the county Ag office or soil conservation office ... ken |
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