Aww bless you Lyn thank you for the mention that made me smile 😁🥰I use that rubbing alcohol too, plus I got some of the bug ultra in the red box and the Diatomaceous earth cause we use that on the horses, so I took some of it out of there tub, I made my milk barrel bleed last nite cause I gave it some rubbing alcohol I saw some white fluffy clusters on it, but yeah it bled on me I was like omg no way so I put some cinnamon powder on the area, I thought I was gunna have to take it to the succulent A&E 😬😬😮😁🥰🥰🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵xxxxxxxxx
Thanks so much Sarah for the brilliant video request and a fantastic choice of video idea too, so happy you love to use the rubbing alcohol and Diatomaceous earth and bug clear ultra, they really do work well at zapping those 'Beasties' from our beloved plants, argh yes Euphorbias have a habit of bleeding' a white sap if they get a slight damage to them, the cinnamon powder will work a treat at covering the cut, I sometimes use a water spray bottle to spray on any 'bleeding' from Euphorbias as this helps to stop the bleeding too, haha yes we need a cactus and succulent A&E department haha, thanks so much Sarah for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Yorks for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
@ ahh it did make me panic I thought I’m going to end up with a deflated milk barrel, in the area it bled was the area that looked like fluffy deposits in a group size of a penny and what ever it was the rubbing alcohol got rid of it but yeah it bled a little jeez I did panic I thought damn what have I don’t but it’s ok now thank god, bleeding didn’t last long glad I put the cinnamon on, yeah I need to have an area set up ready like a cactus A&E, I suppose where my big potting tray is and all the tools it’s set up like a cactus hospital 🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁♥️♥️♥️♥️🥰🥰🥰🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵xxxxxxx
Excellent video, Lyn 😊 The isopropyl alcohol is a must when you have a large collection. Unfortunately it's inevitable that beasties will find their way onto our plants. Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a lovely evening from Edith & myself to you & Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
So happy you loved the video on the plant products Daz :-D these Beasties really can spoil our love for growing these plants but we will not let them get away with it haha :-D thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
haha with the dogs chasing the birds away, so happy you love to use these products too, we will not let those 'Beasties' harm our beloved plants, thanks so much Ana for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I’ve used rubbing alcohol for years thanks to one of your videos. I stopped using neem oil because I got lazy 😅 and last year I got root mealies!! So I did resort to one of the bottles in your video. I’m off to blast some bugs now have a fab day ❤❤❤❤❤xxxxx
So happy you love to use the rubbing alcohol too Paula :-D I find the Neem oil can be time consuming to mix up and use, we will not let these pesky 'Beasties' harm our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Sis for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Tom and cutiepie Mabel lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Swindon for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I've already learned a lot from your previous videos. Thank you for bringing together all the effective pest control methods. For me, isopropyl alcohol is a game changer 🍀
So happy you love to use the Isopropyl alcohol too Emilia :-D it really is a brilliant product to use, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Pests really are a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
🌵 🌵 I use some of those too. Ive not tried the rose one yet but i will try it this season now. Nice to see one of the Cacti I sent you in the background. Had to do an emergency repair on my poor little greenhouse today. I lost 2 panels in the wind xx
Oh no with your greenhouse Steph, so sorry to hear you lost two panels from the Storm, the winds were crazy wild and so scary, so happy you spotted the cactus haha, all the cuties you gave me are doing so well in the polytunnel, thanks so much again Steph, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
So happy you loved the tips Bill :-D its still been a bit windy after that awful Storm but thankfully its so much calmer now and its nice and sunny but very cold today, I really was so lucky as so many of my Neighbors got a lot of damage to their properties and gardens, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to America for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Thanks for this video Lyn! Lots of important and informative information how to get rid of pests on plants. Have a great day and week ahead my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness!
So happy you loved the video on the pest products Sylvia :-D we will not let those 'Beasties' harm our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Hi Lynn! Another great video. I wanted to comment on your previous videos about the storm. I'm glad everything worked out, I would have totally freaked out worrying about my plants in the Polly tunnel. We really do love are plants and your collection is incredible! Sending plenty of cactus love across the pond. Take care.
So happy you loved the video Mark :-D the Storm really was so scary and its an absolute miracle the plants and polytunnel came through safe and sound, so many of our neighbours had their properties and gardens damaged, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
So happy you love the Diatomaceous Earth Heather :-D it really is so good at keeping those 'beasties' away from our beloved plants, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to New Zealand for a wonderful evening XXXX
Good evening, Lyn 😊 The chemical pesticides seem to be withdrawing from sale. I purchased the last 3 from my local gc and was told this. I was battling a major mealybug infestation. I used all the natural things. I had a chest infestation, so I couldn't use the chemical. I actually used tobacco water! Initially, i thought it hadn't worked 😢 but low and behold! It did.
Thats fantastic you have had good results from using tobacco water :-D I have heard a few other growers saying how successful this works for them and would be a lot safe to use than chemical sprays too, the chemical sprays really are getting so much harder to get now, thanks so much for letting me know about your success with using tobacco water and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
@desertplantsofavalon Thank you for your kind reply, Lyn I actually used the tobacco water as a soil drench, not foliage spray. I read up a lot before making and using it. I'll keep a record of its effectiveness over the coming year.
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the tips and tricks on zapping the 'beasties' haha and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
What a great video! I can't add anything to that as most of my armoury against pests (diatomaceous earth, alcohol, neem oil etc) have all come from you!
So happy you love to use the same products too Nick :-D we will not let those pesky beasties harm our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Nick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you and your hubby lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I really am counting the days till Spring arrives too, I always find the winter so long, I hate the dark mornings and nights, roll on spring we say haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
2 parts water and 1 part isopropyl alcohol and 4-5 drops of dishwashing liquid in a quart spray bottle takes care of all my bugs ( mealy bugs, aphids, spiders and fungus gnats) Yellow sticky tapes is good too. Neem oil is used occasionally sprayed on the soil, but never on plants.
Thats brilliant you love to use the isopropyl alcohol and dish soap to zap the bugs Dave :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Nice to see a good video of murdering those blighters who drive us mad , pest control used to be easy but not anymore as the golden oldies are gone Very informative as always Lyn
So happy you loved the video Simon :-D so many of the good golden oldie chemicals are not available anymore and we definitely have to work harder with keeping beasties off our collections with as many different products as we can, I remember back in the day the old Provado used to kick beasts off the cacti for months, but now it doesn't work as well due to the new ingredients not being as effective, thanks so much Simon for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
So happy you loved the video Linda, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
The ultimate bug killer is brilliant for thrips, I'm so pleased you recommended it to me, I've been using it ever since! 😊 Can I ask what is the best fertiliser you use, I'm interested in which fertiliser you think is best for standard house plants? Thanks Lyn! ❤️
So happy you are pleased with the Provanto ultimate bug killer Holly, it really is the best on the market for getting rid of Thrips, I love to use Baby Bio for all my house plants, its a brilliant good all rounder for all houseplants, I sometimes use it on the succulents too and on any cacti that look like they need greening up, thanks so much Holly for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Hi Lyn, thanks for the tutorial. I use all the ones you use. It's reassuring to know I'm on the right track. I rarely get pests! Yay! Now for fertilizing. Do you only use tomato fertilizer or do you also use additional ones as well? What do you use? My desert cacti look hungry.
Thats brilliant you use the same pest products Marie :-D I use tomato fertiliser most of the time, but I use Baby Bio for any cacti that look like they need greening up, I love to use Baby Bio on all my houseplants too as well as using it on my cactus seedlings, I use the Baby Bio at half strength for the cacti I think need a bit of a green boost, but 90% of the time I use the tomato feed as its a good all round one for the cacti and succulents, thanks so much Marie for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I love to use the Isopropyl rubbing alcohol for scale insect, it works a treat at melting the hard scales, it can be very time consuming to remove them this way but definitely worth it, I use a little brush or q tip dipped in the alcohol and rub each scale off, the alcohol works on contact to melt the hard outer shell on those annoying scale insects, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Aww bless you Lyn thank you for the mention that made me smile 😁🥰I use that rubbing alcohol too, plus I got some of the bug ultra in the red box and the Diatomaceous earth cause we use that on the horses, so I took some of it out of there tub, I made my milk barrel bleed last nite cause I gave it some rubbing alcohol I saw some white fluffy clusters on it, but yeah it bled on me I was like omg no way so I put some cinnamon powder on the area, I thought I was gunna have to take it to the succulent A&E 😬😬😮😁🥰🥰🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵xxxxxxxxx
Thanks so much Sarah for the brilliant video request and a fantastic choice of video idea too, so happy you love to use the rubbing alcohol and Diatomaceous earth and bug clear ultra, they really do work well at zapping those 'Beasties' from our beloved plants, argh yes Euphorbias have a habit of bleeding' a white sap if they get a slight damage to them, the cinnamon powder will work a treat at covering the cut, I sometimes use a water spray bottle to spray on any 'bleeding' from Euphorbias as this helps to stop the bleeding too, haha yes we need a cactus and succulent A&E department haha, thanks so much Sarah for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Yorks for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
@ ahh it did make me panic I thought I’m going to end up with a deflated milk barrel, in the area it bled was the area that looked like fluffy deposits in a group size of a penny and what ever it was the rubbing alcohol got rid of it but yeah it bled a little jeez I did panic I thought damn what have I don’t but it’s ok now thank god, bleeding didn’t last long glad I put the cinnamon on, yeah I need to have an area set up ready like a cactus A&E, I suppose where my big potting tray is and all the tools it’s set up like a cactus hospital 🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁♥️♥️♥️♥️🥰🥰🥰🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵xxxxxxx
Excellent video, Lyn 😊 The isopropyl alcohol is a must when you have a large collection. Unfortunately it's inevitable that beasties will find their way onto our plants. Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a lovely evening from Edith & myself to you & Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
So happy you loved the video on the plant products Daz :-D these Beasties really can spoil our love for growing these plants but we will not let them get away with it haha :-D thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Excellent Lyn! I use most of those as well. But I use one more - dogs to chase those birds 🌵🦅🐦⬛ off my cacti! 😠😛 LOL!
haha with the dogs chasing the birds away, so happy you love to use these products too, we will not let those 'Beasties' harm our beloved plants, thanks so much Ana for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I’ve used rubbing alcohol for years thanks to one of your videos. I stopped using neem oil because I got lazy 😅 and last year I got root mealies!! So I did resort to one of the bottles in your video. I’m off to blast some bugs now have a fab day ❤❤❤❤❤xxxxx
So happy you love to use the rubbing alcohol too Paula :-D I find the Neem oil can be time consuming to mix up and use, we will not let these pesky 'Beasties' harm our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Sis for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Tom and cutiepie Mabel lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Swindon for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I've already learned a lot from your previous videos. Thank you for bringing together all the effective pest control methods. For me, isopropyl alcohol is a game changer 🍀
So happy you love to use the Isopropyl alcohol too Emilia :-D it really is a brilliant product to use, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
O lado ruim de cultivar plantas, são as pragas que nunca nos deixam em paz.
Você cuida bem dos problemas das suas plantas 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Pests really are a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
🌵 🌵 I use some of those too. Ive not tried the rose one yet but i will try it this season now. Nice to see one of the Cacti I sent you in the background. Had to do an emergency repair on my poor little greenhouse today. I lost 2 panels in the wind xx
Oh no with your greenhouse Steph, so sorry to hear you lost two panels from the Storm, the winds were crazy wild and so scary, so happy you spotted the cactus haha, all the cuties you gave me are doing so well in the polytunnel, thanks so much again Steph, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Good tips there. And, I see your hanging pots are still blowing around ! You were very lucky.
So happy you loved the tips Bill :-D its still been a bit windy after that awful Storm but thankfully its so much calmer now and its nice and sunny but very cold today, I really was so lucky as so many of my Neighbors got a lot of damage to their properties and gardens, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to America for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Thanks for this video Lyn! Lots of important and informative information how to get rid of pests on plants. Have a great day and week ahead my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness!
So happy you loved the video on the pest products Sylvia :-D we will not let those 'Beasties' harm our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Hi Lynn! Another great video. I wanted to comment on your previous videos about the storm. I'm glad everything worked out, I would have totally freaked out worrying about my plants in the Polly tunnel. We really do love are plants and your collection is incredible! Sending plenty of cactus love across the pond. Take care.
So happy you loved the video Mark :-D the Storm really was so scary and its an absolute miracle the plants and polytunnel came through safe and sound, so many of our neighbours had their properties and gardens damaged, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I’ve had amazing results from diatomaceous earth since you recommended it ages ago - thank you, your knowledge is invaluable‼️❤️🥰❤️
So happy you love the Diatomaceous Earth Heather :-D it really is so good at keeping those 'beasties' away from our beloved plants, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to New Zealand for a wonderful evening XXXX
Good evening, Lyn 😊 The chemical pesticides seem to be withdrawing from sale. I purchased the last 3 from my local gc and was told this.
I was battling a major mealybug infestation. I used all the natural things. I had a chest infestation, so I couldn't use the chemical. I actually used tobacco water! Initially, i thought it hadn't worked 😢 but low and behold! It did.
Thats fantastic you have had good results from using tobacco water :-D I have heard a few other growers saying how successful this works for them and would be a lot safe to use than chemical sprays too, the chemical sprays really are getting so much harder to get now, thanks so much for letting me know about your success with using tobacco water and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
@desertplantsofavalon Thank you for your kind reply, Lyn
I actually used the tobacco water as a soil drench, not foliage spray. I read up a lot before making and using it. I'll keep a record of its effectiveness over the coming year.
@@Tee-4242 Thats brilliant, keep me updated XXXX 🥰🌵
Brilliant tips, thanks Lyn! xx
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Thanks for the tips and tricks on getting rid of beasties, always helpful. 💚🌵
So happy you enjoyed the tips and tricks on zapping the 'beasties' haha and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
What a great video! I can't add anything to that as most of my armoury against pests (diatomaceous earth, alcohol, neem oil etc) have all come from you!
So happy you love to use the same products too Nick :-D we will not let those pesky beasties harm our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Nick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you and your hubby lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
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Thank you for good sharing LIKE 86
My friend, have a good relationship 😊
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Spring can't come soon enough... 😫 I'm tired of waiting
When you go into spring we go into autumn 😢😢
I really am counting the days till Spring arrives too, I always find the winter so long, I hate the dark mornings and nights, roll on spring we say haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
2 parts water and 1 part isopropyl alcohol and 4-5 drops of dishwashing liquid in a quart spray bottle takes care of all my bugs ( mealy bugs, aphids, spiders and fungus gnats) Yellow sticky tapes is good too. Neem oil is used occasionally sprayed on the soil, but never on plants.
I’ve never had a problem spraying it on my plants 👍👍
@@heatherstephens9295 Neem oil kills crassula jade and portucaria afra by coating the leaves and suffocates the plant.
Thats brilliant you love to use the isopropyl alcohol and dish soap to zap the bugs Dave :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Nice to see a good video of murdering those blighters who drive us mad , pest control used to be easy but not anymore as the golden oldies are gone
Very informative as always Lyn
So happy you loved the video Simon :-D so many of the good golden oldie chemicals are not available anymore and we definitely have to work harder with keeping beasties off our collections with as many different products as we can, I remember back in the day the old Provado used to kick beasts off the cacti for months, but now it doesn't work as well due to the new ingredients not being as effective, thanks so much Simon for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
So interesting Lyn! Thank you for sharing! ❤😃 XXXX
Thank you for the helpful info. Great video as usual ❤❤
So happy you loved the video Linda, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
The ultimate bug killer is brilliant for thrips, I'm so pleased you recommended it to me, I've been using it ever since! 😊
Can I ask what is the best fertiliser you use, I'm interested in which fertiliser you think is best for standard house plants? Thanks Lyn! ❤️
So happy you are pleased with the Provanto ultimate bug killer Holly, it really is the best on the market for getting rid of Thrips, I love to use Baby Bio for all my house plants, its a brilliant good all rounder for all houseplants, I sometimes use it on the succulents too and on any cacti that look like they need greening up, thanks so much Holly for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
هلاو كاكتيس ❤
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
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thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Hi Lyn, thanks for the tutorial. I use all the ones you use. It's reassuring to know I'm on the right track. I rarely get pests! Yay! Now for fertilizing. Do you only use tomato fertilizer or do you also use additional ones as well? What do you use? My desert cacti look hungry.
Thats brilliant you use the same pest products Marie :-D I use tomato fertiliser most of the time, but I use Baby Bio for any cacti that look like they need greening up, I love to use Baby Bio on all my houseplants too as well as using it on my cactus seedlings, I use the Baby Bio at half strength for the cacti I think need a bit of a green boost, but 90% of the time I use the tomato feed as its a good all round one for the cacti and succulents, thanks so much Marie for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thanks so much my friend!!! Have a good one!
나비 찐득이는 우리나라에도 있는데 글로벌 찐득이군.
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
What do you prefer for scale insects on cacti? I didnt know what i was dealing with and it spread really bad
I love to use the Isopropyl rubbing alcohol for scale insect, it works a treat at melting the hard scales, it can be very time consuming to remove them this way but definitely worth it, I use a little brush or q tip dipped in the alcohol and rub each scale off, the alcohol works on contact to melt the hard outer shell on those annoying scale insects, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX