yep, honeydew on my ficus tells me the little scale buggers are
nearby.
just examine the leaves above or nearby and you're sure to find
one
(100?). i'm not sure whether i hate scale more than mosquitos
or not but
they run a close race.

btw. i don't know how you folks simply "spray them off" with
the hose.
i've sprayed and sprayed and only when i hold the leaf and
direct the
spray right at the cute little clam does is dislodge. i just
decided i
hate scale more.


You can't wash adult scale away; the juveniles are another
matter. They're still mobile.

I guess I don't get as upset with scale as some of you because I
don't allow trees in the house (or inside) for more than 2-3 days
at a time, so I don't see much of it.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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