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bonsaiTALK Expert
Join Date: Feb-2002
Location: Clackamas
Country: USA
Posts: 171
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If the scale is on a small plant, dip a cotton swap in alcohol and rub each and every one off. The problem is, the young ones are the ones that move around and they are fairly transparent and hard to see. You have to get them all. A light summer oil spray also helps to control scale.
As for the mealy bug.............they are tough critters and much as I dislike to use hard chemicals...........malathion is often what is needed to control them. Or, if you are at all like me, you would try the alcohol swab thing on them and pray.............
Moni
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