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Scale insects - biological control
Hi,
saw an article in the Sunday Times which mentioned scale insects on citrus, and http://www.greengardener.co.uk/scale.htm I haven't seen this mentioned in recent threads and it looks promising for treating my little bay tree in a pot. Anyone used this yet? Cheers Dave R -- |
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Scale insects - biological control
"David wrote in message saw an article in the Sunday Times which mentioned scale insects on citrus, and http://www.greengardener.co.uk/scale.htm I haven't seen this mentioned in recent threads and it looks promising for treating my little bay tree in a pot. Anyone used this yet? If it's only a small bay tree then you could do what I do with our citrus and wash the scale off with a high pressure jet of water. They are immobile so can't climb back on. Use a sprayer pumped up to max pressure and keep it there by pumping every few seconds, then, with it turned to a single jet, wash the leaves and stems, everywhere the scale get, going over the plant systematically. It works and the only cost is you getting wet and the time taken (yes it does take a while) Do this a couple of times this year and you should get control of the problem. -- Bob www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in Runnymede fighting for it's existence. |
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