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["loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>]

Rob,

I use SunSpray Ultra-Fine horticultural oil.  A good garden center should
carry it---usually in with the organic remedies.  If you can't find it,
Gardens Alive carries  (carried?)  it.  Fedco has had it in the past, too.
Check their current catalogues.

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI  USDA zone 3
----- Original Message -----
From: "rob hamilton" <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] scale on Myers Lemon


> 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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