On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:21:45 GMT, len garden
wrote in aus.gardens:

g'day prickles,

i'm going for scale also, and i'll take it one further and suggest
that you have scale because of ants, in my time of gardening i have
never seen scale without ants, ants without scale yes but they have
symbiotic relationship.

Thanks to every one that replied.

There are definitely some ants in the area though to be honest I do
nothing about them. I didn't know they actually caused plant diseases.

I will make up the oil solution and try it on the plant.

BTW I was looking at your web site and am going to try making your
laundry 'detergent' . Does it have any destructive effects on elastic?
I seem to remember washing clothes using pure soap once and all the
elastic self destructed


Regards
Prickles

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