Now to the problem. This evening I noticed the new growth
was stuck down with webbing and there was a dark scale like
creature there. Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to be a
sucking pest, but rather a chewing one. Any ideas? I'm
in a panic. I loosened the web, allowing the new leaf to
be free and swabbed the area with isopropl alcohol. Hope
this wasn't the wrong thing to do.
I keep most of my plants outside.(New Orleans has very few
frosts and when one is predicted I move everything into
my living room.) I don't have the high incidents of pests
that thrive in greenhouse conditions.
--Phil Mueller hi23ahg@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Tulane Graduate School Xavier Univ. of LA History Dept.