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satyr
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Registered: 11/13/07
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Scale insect
#9710967 - 01/31/09 10:02 AM (15 years, 18 days ago) |
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Anyone have any good tips in dealing with these suckers?(besides tossing them in a river ) I have an unknown monstrose that has a bad infestation, and I really dont want it to contaminate my other cacti.
He has been in isolation from the others, and so far I have used a high pressure sprayer to remove all of the insects, and blasted all of the soil away from the roots. I think I removed all of them, but you know how that goes; one little guy survives and wham! infested again. Once the water dries I'm going to spray it heavily with some insecticide that lists scale as one of its specialties, and hope for the best. Does anyone have any experience with any particular chemical that is effective against these things?
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felixhigh
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Re: Scale insect [Re: satyr]
#9711208 - 01/31/09 10:58 AM (15 years, 18 days ago) |
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Well, at least it´s not mealy fuckers.
FH
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satyr
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Registered: 11/13/07
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Re: Scale insect [Re: felixhigh]
#9711223 - 01/31/09 11:01 AM (15 years, 18 days ago) |
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those things are fucking gross. I curse the creator of plant parasites!
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Brainiac
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Re: Scale insect [Re: satyr]
#9712032 - 01/31/09 01:57 PM (15 years, 18 days ago) |
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Fair is Fair
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