[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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