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Old 5-Jul-2005   #10
Hasaki
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Originally Posted by joakimlinden
Hasaki, the bugs are/were on the underside of the leaves. Small, but perfectly visible, greenish, pale critters attached right in the middle of the yellow bumps. I did a coctail of soap, ethanol and pyretrine (I'm not sure about the english name for it, probably similar) and sprayed each leaf upside and underside by hand. I also sprayed the wigs and other hard to reach areas.
Today when I looked, all the little bugs had turned brown and wasn't moving. So I think I had success. I'll probably repeat this tomorrow or in two days.

joakimlinden,
I had Q. robur as bonsai for about 13 years, never found any
insect/fungal problem. In 2003 I found phylloxera on one tree. Hard to imagine an aphid can do so much damage.

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