> Hi,
>
> we have a problem with mealy bugs on our Fukien Tea... we found
them few
> weeks ago and since then we try to pick them up using ear buds
soaked in
> alcohol... we always think we got rid of them and we always
find some
> more in few days.
>
> Is there any other way how to get rid of them? We want to be
gentle to
> the tree but we are also getting desperate...
>
> a friend of ours recommended using "tobacco" spray or "soap"
spray - but
> we are not sure whether it can be used on bonsai (he uses it on
his
> tomatoes 
) - and if it can be used - in what quantities?
I recommend against tobacco spray. The soap spray should work
over here, SAFERS makes a good soap spray. Or you can make your
own with 1-3 teaspoons of liquid soap (NOT detergent!) per gallon
of water. Some people mix it with a tablespoon or so of
vegetable oil, but that just makes mixing it harder.
Or, a spray with pyrethrin in it will work fine.
Jim Lewis -
jklewis@nettally.com - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.
>
> We also noticed that some stems are "dried out" and falling
off. The
> truth is, we never noticed that before but it may as well as be
not
> related to the bugs (our Fukien just started to grow berries).
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> David and Eva
>
>
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