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Title: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: STEMO on 18 July 2017, 16:06:06

I was just wondering if any of you have any experience of scale insects affecting a tree? If so, what method did you use to get rid of them?
I have just eradicated them from a tree I have in the garden and, after reading about them online, I 'invented' my own method  ::)

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: Auto Addict on 18 July 2017, 16:25:26

Quote from: STEMO on 18 July 2017, 16:06:06

I was just wondering if any of you have any experience of scale insects affecting a tree? If so, what method did you use to get rid of them?
I have just eradicated them from a tree I have in the garden and, after reading about them online, I 'invented' my own method  ::)

They don't like it up em ;)

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: tigers_gonads on 18 July 2017, 16:34:23

Napalm is good for killing insects  :y :y

But it does tend to scorch the tree though ........... :-\ :D :D

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: TD on 18 July 2017, 17:31:08

Quote from: STEMO on 18 July 2017, 16:06:06

I was just wondering if any of you have any experience of scale insects affecting a tree? If so, what method did you use to get rid of them?
I have just eradicated them from a tree I have in the garden and, after reading about them online, I 'invented' my own method  ::)

Cutting the tree down is quite an effective method  :y ::)

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: STEMO on 18 July 2017, 17:57:20

Yes...obviously a bunch of townies.  ;D

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: STEMO on 18 July 2017, 17:58:43

Well, there were all kinds of noxious substances, as well as environmentally friendly ways to treat them on the Internet.

I jet washed them off  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: Rods2 on 18 July 2017, 18:19:10

Sounds like a right shower? ::) ::) ::)

















If it works. :y :y :y














Wrong shower, if it doesn't. :-[ :-[ :-[
 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 July 2017, 19:46:01

Were they little black things?  ??? 

I have a cherry tree that was infested with millions of little black bugs and they were killing it, so I sprayed it with insecticide.  The bugs have now gone and the tree is recovering.  :y

I did think about the pressure washer and I would have sprayed the little bastards next door, as I'd cut the tree right back to keep the neighbours happy and it probably weakened it!  >:(

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: STEMO on 18 July 2017, 21:30:56

Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 18 July 2017, 19:46:01

Were they little black things?  ??? 

I have a cherry tree that was infested with millions of little black bugs and they were killing it, so I sprayed it with insecticide.  The bugs have now gone and the tree is recovering.  :y

I did think about the pressure washer and I would have sprayed the little bastards next door, as I'd cut the tree right back to keep the neighbours happy and it probably weakened it!  >:(

No, these little blighters are brown and furry. They live under a scale (shell) and live on sap.

Title: Re: Any gardeners out there?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 18 July 2017, 22:33:06

We had these. The little bastards clustered on the end of branches and the leaves curled over them. So we cut off and burned the really bad bits then sprayed off the rest.

Worked for us.  :y