[NAFEX] Scale on Citrus

road's end farm organic101 at linkny.com
Mon Jan 21 19:33:00 EST 2008


On Jan 21, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Doreen Howard wrote:

> I have a couple of kumquats planted in pots that I bring indoors for 
> winter and place under lights.  They usually flower and produce 
> fruit.  This year, the plants have been inundated with scale.  I've 
> sprayed with clove-rosemary oil several times.  The oil knocks the 
> infestation back, but it reappears soon.  Since these plants are 
> indoors, and I'm basically an organic gardener, can anyone suggestion 
> another non-toxic battle plan?  I've already lost one plant to scale, 
> and now several houseplants have scale, too.
> Doreen Howard
> WI-IL Border, Zone 4b, where it's snowing

Safers' insecticidal soap?  haven't tried it for this; but it is 
labeled for scale.

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly
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