Hi,

we have a problem with mealy bugs on our Fukien Tea... we found
them few
weeks ago and since then we try to pick them up using ear buds
soaked in
alcohol... we always think we got rid of them and we always
find some
more in few days.

Is there any other way how to get rid of them? We want to be
gentle to
the tree but we are also getting desperate...

a friend of ours recommended using "tobacco" spray or "soap"
spray - but
we are not sure whether it can be used on bonsai (he uses it on
his
tomatoes ) - and if it can be used - in what quantities?

I recommend against tobacco spray. The soap spray should work
over here, SAFERS makes a good soap spray. Or you can make your
own with 1-3 teaspoons of liquid soap (NOT detergent!) per gallon
of water. Some people mix it with a tablespoon or so of
vegetable oil, but that just makes mixing it harder.

Or, a spray with pyrethrin in it will work fine.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.


We also noticed that some stems are "dried out" and falling
off. The
truth is, we never noticed that before but it may as well as be
not
related to the bugs (our Fukien just started to grow berries).

Thank you for your help!

David and Eva


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