Re: Sarr. and scale. :-(

Janice Ritter x5444 (ritter@floyd.HQ.ileaf.com)
Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:50:31 -0400

Ack!!! My Sarrs are being attacked by scale. I mean, bad!
I noticed a few days ago that the plants were looking nice,
but not NICE as usual. Checked my favoriate, but it was
fine, so I chalked it up to seasonal changes. (dumb..)

Anyhow, this a.m., I checked the plants again, and *most*
are covered w/scale. :-( I tried picking the scales off
(disgusting), but there are too many of them, and they are
in the folks of the bases of the leaves and I can't reach
them.

I'm a pretty rabid organic farmer, and haven't used pesticides
in a good decade (OK, I did once...), but this is out of hand.
I really, really don't want to lose these plants.

Any surefire ways of getting rid of scale on Sarrs?

Devastated,

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 Janice Ritter		    ritter@ileaf.com        Boston, MA
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