African Violet Question
 

Anyone know what a dandruffy-white looking powder on an African Violet
would be caused by?

Patrick

Mealy bugs perhaps?


"Patrick" wrote in message
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Anyone know what a dandruffy-white looking powder on an African Violet
would be caused by?

Patrick

On 7 Nov 2004 18:40:51 -0800, (Patrick) wrote:

Anyone know what a dandruffy-white looking powder on an African Violet
would be caused by?

Patrick

Look under magnification. It may be mealy bug.

Go tell Giselle.

Actually, mealy bugs are active at night. That's when the creepy crawlers
are moving around!!!


"Phisherman" wrote in message
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On 7 Nov 2004 18:40:51 -0800, (Patrick) wrote:

Anyone know what a dandruffy-white looking powder on an African Violet
would be caused by?

Patrick

Look under magnification. It may be mealy bug.

"Cereus-validus." wrote in message
om...
Go tell Giselle.

Actually, mealy bugs are active at night. That's when the creepy crawlers
are moving around!!!

Huh? Tell me what? I'm sticking with powdery mildew. Mealy bugs have a
webbing at the leaf/stem joint and are usually underneath, not "dandruff" on
top of a leaf.

Giselle (and it is treated by brushing the leaves with sulfur that you buy
at the drugstore, btw)

What webbing?

You must be confusing Mealies with spider mites.
They are not the same at all.

You shouldn't be huffing "head and shoulders".
That stuff will rot your brain.


"Volfie" wrote in message
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"Cereus-validus." wrote in message
om...
Go tell Giselle.

Actually, mealy bugs are active at night. That's when the creepy
crawlers
are moving around!!!

Huh? Tell me what? I'm sticking with powdery mildew. Mealy bugs have a
webbing at the leaf/stem joint and are usually underneath, not "dandruff"
on
top of a leaf.

Giselle (and it is treated by brushing the leaves with sulfur that you buy
at the drugstore, btw)

"Cereus-validus." wrote in message
om...
What webbing?

Aren't mealy bugs covered in a white cottony camouflage? THAT "webbing".
If you touch it with a Q-tip dipped in alcohol, the webbing/cotton
disappears and you see the bug inside.

You must be confusing Mealies with spider mites.

No, I'm not.

They are not the same at all.

You don't say?

You shouldn't be huffing "head and shoulders".
That stuff will rot your brain.

Was that an attempt at humor?

Giselle (oh)

Oh, Giselle. Try to lighten up a bit. Get that giant mealy bug out of your
posterior!! Or were you bitten by a dyspeptic spider mite?

Yeah sure that mealy covering is really effective camouflage, isn't it. If
it wasn't for that, you wouldn't have noticed the little bugger. More likely
it is intended to make them less appetizing to predators.

The alcohol; trick doesn't work very well. Its best to kill them with a real
insecticide.


"Volfie" wrote in message
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"Cereus-validus." wrote in message
om...
What webbing?

Aren't mealy bugs covered in a white cottony camouflage? THAT "webbing".
If you touch it with a Q-tip dipped in alcohol, the webbing/cotton
disappears and you see the bug inside.

You must be confusing Mealies with spider mites.

No, I'm not.

They are not the same at all.

You don't say?

You shouldn't be huffing "head and shoulders".
That stuff will rot your brain.

Was that an attempt at humor?

Giselle (oh)