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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

Is there a brand or a source for this light oil that
anyone can suggest?

Rob
--- loneroc <loneroc@mwt.net> wrote:
> Thanks Phil.  I guess I underate the ability of
> citrus to stand oil.  I use
> oil on everything before I bring it inside for the
> winter.  I'll stick to
> the light oil since I'm concerned about general
> damage.
> 
> Steve Herje
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "philip sauber" <mrtejas@lycos.com>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] scale on Myers Lemon
> 
> 
> > I have 25 citrus trees in the ground in my back
> yard.  I spray dormant oil
> in the summer in 90F heat with no damage to keep off
> the scale and
> whiteflys.  In warm weather you follow the summer
> dosage which is about half
> of the cool weather dose.
> > Phil
> > --
> >
> > --------- Original Message ---------
> >
> > DATE: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:42:50
> > From: "loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>
> > To: <mrtejas@lycos.com>,"North American Fruit
> Explorers"
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Cc:
> >
> > >To all,
> > >
> > >Dormant oil can damage citrus if is a heavy
> winter oil.  Sunoil, or other
> > >light oils are safer on non-dormant plants.
> > >
> > >Steve Herje
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "philip sauber" <mrtejas@lycos.com>
> > >To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > >Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 8:10 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [NAFEX] scale on Myers Lemon
> > >
> > >
> > >> Spray with dormant oil.  This will get rid of
> them.
> > >> Phil
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> --------- Original Message ---------
> > >>
> > >> DATE: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:27:47
> > >> From: list@ginda.us
> > >> To: NAFEX <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > >> Cc:
> > >>
> > >> >I have a myers lemon that lives in a pot
> through the winter, and in
> the
> > >> >ground when it's not too cold - it will
> probably come inside in about
> a
> > >> >month.
> > >> >
> > >> >I noticed that it seems to have picked up some
> scale this summer.  I
> > >> >haven't had scale on this plant before, but my
> experience with other
> > >> >houseplants is that it gets much worse when a
> plant goes indoors.  Any
> > >> >suggestions of how to combat the scale?  It is
> obviously a plant we
> eat
> > >> >from, but it doesn't currently have any fruit
> on it (the two that were
> > >> >growing fell prematurely, possibly because of
> the scales living near
> > >> >the fruit stems.)
> > >> >
> > >> >There aren't many scales on it right now, but
> I've tried picking them
> > >> >off manually in the past without much luck. 
> The young insects are
> > >> >transparent, and have a bad habit of hanging
> out in crevices and other
> > >> >hard-to-see places.  I did end an infestation
> of something that looked
> > >> >like wooly algelid on this plant by removing
> every bug by hand over a
> > >> >two week period - I went over it leaf by leaf
> three or four times.
> > >> >(It's not very big.)  But I don't know if that
> will be good enough for
> > >> >scale.
> > >> >
> > >> >Thanks,
> > >> >Ginda Fisher
> > >> >zone 6, eastern MA
> > >> >
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