| Dear Sherry,
Aloha.
I use Orange Guard, a distilled orange and citrus peel product. It kills scales and does not harm the plants if you spray early in the morning or in the evening. It is a contact only spray and has no residual or systemic effect. It works by dissolving the exoskeletons of insects...works ants, I use it as spot spray before you have large infestations.
Aloha,
Leland --- On Sat, 8/29/09, Sherry Gates <TheTropix@msn.com> wrote:
From: Sherry Gates <TheTropix@msn.com>
Subject: [Aroid-l] scale insect
To: "AroidSendMessage" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 8:46 AM
=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A=0A =0A Hi everyone, =0A I have encountered a problem I haven't had to deal with.... SCALE =0Ainsects. This past Spring, we moved from Beaumont, Tx =0A(zone 9) to the Woodville, Tx area (zone 8), about 55 miles =0Anorth. I've noticed on a couple of plants(Aroids) that scale are getting =0Aon them. Affected so far were Anthurium Big Bill and Monstera del =0A(variegated). Just a couple have been slightly infested and I've =0Aimmediately taken them to the bathtub and removed them by hand. What's the =0Abest way to kill them and prevent infestation without harming my plants? I =0Atry so hard to use organic methods for insect control & fertilization, but =0AI'm ready to break out the big guns on this, if necessary. I've never =0Ahad this problem, so I'm kind of at a loss. What's safe for Aroids, but =0Alethal to the little *%$!!!#$!? I'm keeping a sharp eye out for any =0Aof the obvious ones, but I'm guessing that I need to treat the soil as =0Awell. What's my best bet? =0A =0AThanks for any advice, Sherry Gates =0A
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