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I have a small bay tree in a pot about a metre tall. the new leaves
look quite healthy but the is something growing on the old leaves and part of the stem. It looks like a brown spot about 1mm in diameter and can be scrapped off. There are thousands of them Can someone please tell me what it is and what I do about it Regards Prickles Timendi causa est nescire This message only uses recycled electrons |
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G'day Prickles
My first thought would be Red Spider? sometimes they are a shade of brown. Have you got a magnifying glass for closer inspection? Bronwyn ;-) Spiny Norman wrote: I have a small bay tree in a pot about a metre tall. the new leaves look quite healthy but the is something growing on the old leaves and part of the stem. It looks like a brown spot about 1mm in diameter and can be scrapped off. There are thousands of them Can someone please tell me what it is and what I do about it Regards Prickles Timendi causa est nescire This message only uses recycled electrons |
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"Spiny Norman" wrote in message ... I have a small bay tree in a pot about a metre tall. the new leaves look quite healthy but the is something growing on the old leaves and part of the stem. It looks like a brown spot about 1mm in diameter and can be scrapped off. There are thousands of them Can someone please tell me what it is and what I do about it Regards Prickles Timendi causa est nescire This message only uses recycled electrons Would figure it is scale. Mix 50% cooking oil with 50% water and a dollop of metholated spirits. Spray on an overcast morning. Dick |
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"Loosecanon" wrote in message ... "Spiny Norman" wrote in message ... I have a small bay tree in a pot about a metre tall. the new leaves look quite healthy but the is something growing on the old leaves and part of the stem. It looks like a brown spot about 1mm in diameter and can be scrapped off. There are thousands of them Can someone please tell me what it is and what I do about it Regards Prickles Timendi causa est nescire This message only uses recycled electrons Would figure it is scale. Mix 50% cooking oil with 50% water and a dollop of metholated spirits. Spray on an overcast morning. Dick I forget to mention shake that mix for a while so it blends together a bit |
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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. you don't need to see heaps of ants once they have their herd set up it doesn't take the whole nest to harvest the sweet secretions. so move the ants on and then either wait for the scale to die off or spray with a white oil mix you can make homemade recipes we have them on our remedies page. if teh scale is only on a few leaves say just cut the offending leaves/twigs off. when you ahve ants visiting plants be on the look our for scale, aphids & mealy bugs appearing soon after. On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:19:59 +1100, Spiny Norman wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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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 Timendi causa est nescire This message only uses recycled electrons |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:07:26 +1100, Spiny Norman
wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:21:45 GMT, len garden wrote in aus.gardens: g'day prickles, snipped 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. you need to work hard at keeping the ants out of the pots, i curently use ant sand in the bottom of the pots when i repot, othersiwe having pots is just an open invitation to them. just since being here they have bought mealy bugs into sun jewel potted plants, and scale onto kalachoe plants, and aphids onto a potted rose. with this method i put enough pot mix in to cover the drain home area, pak it down a bit (most mixes now drain way too freely so packing down a bit is essential to slow water drainage) give a good sprinkle of ant sand over the whole area then add more mix and then the plant. for now you may need to sprinkle and sand around the base of the plant on top of the mix and around the surface where the pot is standing, once ant activity has all but ceased then spray the plants with white oil but only after the ehat of the sun, we generaly use white oil at around 1/4 the recommended rate. it will burn some leaves on some plants the spotty look, but it's either that or lose the plant, new leaves will come. 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 we ahve ahd no problems with this mix and my lovely and a lot of other converts are very pleased with it. snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:44:37 GMT, len garden
wrote in aus.gardens: you need to work hard at keeping the ants out of the pots, i curently use ant sand in the bottom of the pots when i repot, othersiwe having pots is just an open invitation to them. just since being here they have bought mealy bugs into sun jewel potted plants, and scale onto kalachoe plants, and aphids onto a potted rose. I usually put old screen mesh at the bottom of my pots to cover the holes stops things getting in an roots getting out. I think it is fine enough to stop ants (but not sure) Some times I wonder how things get into pots. I found some small worms in an old toilet with a tree in it. I had drilled the bottonmm to let the water out but covered the holes with screen wire, yet there they were. Watering it with dishwashing water soon made them scram but there were much easier containers for them to take up residence in Regards Prickles Timendi causa est nescire This message only uses recycled electrons |
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"HC" wrote in message ... G'day Prickles My first thought would be Red Spider? sometimes they are a shade of brown. Have you got a magnifying glass for closer inspection? Bronwyn ;-) Spiny Norman wrote: I have a small bay tree in a pot about a metre tall. the new leaves look quite healthy but the is something growing on the old leaves and part of the stem. It looks like a brown spot about 1mm in diameter and can be scrapped off. There are thousands of them Can someone please tell me what it is and what I do about it Regards Prickles Timendi causa est nescire This message only uses recycled electrons Prickles You should make sure you water it enough and not overwater it. The spot then should grow out . http://polly.cultureforum.net Albert .. |
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