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16-Apr-2007
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Mother nature bats last
Join Date: Aug-2006
Location: Humboldt Co. Calif.
Country: usa
USDA Zone: 9A
AHS Heat Zone: 1-2
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poinsettia with scale
I have been battling scale on my indoor bonsai. The neem oil; spray works on everything but when I spray the poinsettia it gets very unhappy and dropps all its leaves in that spot and I get branch dye back. I've had it for 9 years now be a bummer to loose it. The cat broke some of it and it looks raelly cool literati now since this pic. anything I can put on there that won't make the laeves drop?
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16-Apr-2007
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Scale insects are quite large, and your poinsettia isn't huge. I think the best way would be to sit with the plant and use a matchstick to remove the things by hand.
I sometimes get a few scale insects on my maples, but just before the leaves come out, I go round and take them off by hand. It's easy enough and actually quite satisfying (moreso than using chemicals) :-) |
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