Giant bird of paradise infected with mealybugs and scale. Help!
sa3152003
8 years ago
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Chantal Trapp
6 years agoUser
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Mealybugs! Nooooo!
Comments (19)There are plenty of links to toxic things. For example, there are "studies" that show that plastic, anti-perspirant, metals, fast food, caffeine, saturated fat, carpet, and many other things, are toxic. Pretty much everything in our daily lives is toxic to someone out there. Just about ALL pesticides are toxic, but if you follow the stinkin directions, you'll be fine. Search the term "Malathion" and you can read how it is the most commonly used pesticide in America. If it's so hazardous to human life, why do they still sell it? Oh yeah, because when used as directed, it's NOT. Gasoline is hazardous to human life, but, if you use some common sense, you'll be fine. Heck, it doesn't even come with directions either. As for just "throwing out the darned plant", that's up to the individual, but for me, my plants are more important then someone else's fear of a product. Your opinion is valued, just as everyone's is, but demanding that NO one use a product because of your opinion is a bit excessive. I am someone, as are many others, and will continue to use Malathion, as directed of course. Joe P.S. Follow the link to read about nail polish, perfume, air fresheners, lipstick, and canned food, both organic and non, and how they are all toxic. Here is a link that might be useful: Toxic everyday stuff...See MoreTreating scale on large, very-leafy plants?
Comments (50)I'm an avid orchid grower and a few odds and ends thrown in. I use cinnamon for all cuts and 'rotting' spots or damage spots. Cinnamon will burn orchid roots. I don't care to spray for anything. It just goes everywhere and then there are the airborne particles to contend with. I go with a drench. I use Merit 75, which is expensive but will last me a lifetime. I use it as a drench. 1/8 teaspoon to a gallon of water and drench the soil/medium. Now, I have used it on orchids and hoyas and succulents. But not on anything else. This year, I will be applying it to all my plants which will include the arrow leaf plant, table palms, coffee plant, bird of paradise, and a few others (sorry I have no specific names for my plants). I also relate this as I do not know if there are plants sensitive to this product. I drench by watering the plants medium/soil once a week for three weeks in a row and an extra week if I have mealies. The plants take the product up through their roots and into all parts. The insect bites and takes the toxin into its system and dies. You don't have to worry that you have not 'gotten' all the parts nor do you have to worry about scale on the roots or hidden on the plant. No dripping leaves, or wet walls/floors or airborne particles. All in one place - the soil and IN the plant....See MoreCottony Scale on Miscanthus? or Mealybug?
Comments (1)Time to move on down. Claire...See MoreIndestructable mealybugs? About to give up!
Comments (18)I've had promising results using Talstar with imidacloprid granules. Talstar is a contact insecticide, i.e., kills on contact. Talstar is used more in the commercial agricultural business and is avaiable online for reasonable cost. The active ingredient, but not as strong, is available in BBS as Bug B Gone. The granules provide three month systemic protection and deal with soil infestations. I add a surfactant to the Talstar. Avid looks like a great product used in limited situations, especially as a miticide and ow for whitefly, aphids and thrips; somewhat pricy. If you want to use an imidacloprid based product, Bayer Complete (Active ingredients: 0.36% β-cyfluthrin; 0.72% Imidacloprid) offers the most bang for your buck. It is usually sold as a premixed ready to use spray and as a concentrate....See Moretapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
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tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)