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as soon as I get my camera back I will post some pics. I am quite sure that it is scale.....but what kind stumps me. The infected area on this particular branch covered about 2 to 3 inches total--not one scale!

I have been looking on some of my other maples, the same ones that had scale from last season, and I am noticing much damage to the bark on the limbs and trunk. It looks like parts of the bark have turned grayish instead of the typical reddish. All of the plants have new buds, but a few have budded out much later. On some of the trees, there are a bunch of extremely small white looking "dots". Dots is probably a really bad descripter, but they are very small and irregular. I am not sure if scale is random, then begin to group as they grow, or if these small spots are something entirely different.

8-Apr-2008	#5
gdfc1367 bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Mar-2008 Location: Portland Country: USA Posts: 2	as soon as I get my camera back I will post some pics. I am quite sure that it is scale.....but what kind stumps me. The infected area on this particular branch covered about 2 to 3 inches total--not one scale! I have been looking on some of my other maples, the same ones that had scale from last season, and I am noticing much damage to the bark on the limbs and trunk. It looks like parts of the bark have turned grayish instead of the typical reddish. All of the plants have new buds, but a few have budded out much later. On some of the trees, there are a bunch of extremely small white looking "dots". Dots is probably a really bad descripter, but they are very small and irregular. I am not sure if scale is random, then begin to group as they grow, or if these small spots are something entirely different.