I somehow missed this video, Lyn. So sorry. It's always a battle against the beasties. I hope this summer it won't be too bad for pests. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a lovely evening and weekend from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Awwwww don't you worry Daz haha, argh the Beasties really are a pain for us plant growers, and battling these beasties always is a never ending battle haha, 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 to England and Singapore for a super Sunday today XXXXX
Awwww thanks so much Ziggy :-D these beasties on our plants really are a pain haha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Lovely video full of important information of how to tell these marks are scale insects! This rubbing alcohol does miricles Lyn as it really remove these scale insects on contact! You did a great job cleaning this cactus! Thanks for sharing! Good morning and have a nice Sunday my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness!
So happy you loved the video Sylvia :-D these scale insects really are a pain and thank goodness the rubbing alcohol works a treat at melting these little beasties on contact, we will not let them 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 super Sunday today XXXX
haha so true :-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 super Sunday today XXXX
Much appreciated your video in so many different ways! I learned how to tell the differences between normal scarring vs. Scale AND what to do about it, CLOSE-UP! You are definately my GO-TO EXPERT when I need answers! God bless you & Hans! ❤😊
Awwwww thank you so very much, and so happy that you enjoyed the video on how to tell the difference between Scale and scarring, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Holy cow, Lynn! I’ve been wondering what that was on my precious succulents. You’ve answered the question I’ve been pondering for years. Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤️
So happy that the video has answered your question, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and CRYSTAL and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
So happy the video was perfect timing, and thanks so much Josie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Texas for a super Sunday today XXXX
haha Jane :-D it really feels good to remove all of these scale beasties haha, we will not let them harm our beloved planties, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Cheshire XXXX
Boy howdy!!! These are one of my toughest beasties!!! Like you said, opuntias and cereus spirals!!! My spirals I finally won the battle!! Used 70% rubbing alcohol over and over and scrubbing with a tooth brush!! Two opuntia have been a really long problem. I've tried over and over. Still they come back!! Going to try and work on them this spring and summer. May blast them off with a hard water spray with a hose nozzle. These beasties are always a constant battle with us plant people!!! Thanks for sharing this great method of eradication!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌿🌻🍀🌾💐🌱🌹🌳😃👍
haha Clyde :-D these Scale 'Beasties' really are a never ending battle and I have just noticed Scale yet again on my Spiralis, its such a time consuming job removing the scale, and we have some Opuntias constantly getting them too, we will not let these beasties harm our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a super Sunday today XXXX
I recently received an Opuntia through the post, it had the beginnings of scales. I zapped them off. Before this, i haven't seen scale for several years, I hope they stay gone. Enjoying your videos and its very helpful to watch these such topics because it reflects the realities we are all faced with when growing plants, and it's refreshing to see it shown through your videos. Your content is real life 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🌵🌵🌵👌
Awwwww thank you so very much Claire :-D Scale is such a pest and they seem to know the places to hide where we can't see them haha, I find Opuntias can be so prone to scale too, years ago I bought an Echinopsis cactus that I thought was a special patterned one that turned out to be covered in scales LOL! it made a wonderful recovery thank goodness, thanks so much Claire for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Jack lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
So happy you loved the video Vera :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy for a super Sunday today XXXX
Scale really is such an awful beastie, 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 weekend XXXX
thanks so much Thorsten for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
So happy you loved the video Johnny 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 super Sunday today XXXX
Useful and informative video as alwyas. Rubbing alcohol is is really good for all the nasties which attack our plants indeed. all the best to both of you
The rubbing alcohol really is so good for getting rid of these awful beasties on our plants haha, thanks so much Magda for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
So happy you loved the video Carol :-D 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 super Sunday today XXXX
This was a fantastic learning video for me Lyn! I get those scars on my cactus that I thought were scale and unfortunately I really hurt a cactus or two from rubbing so hard 😢. Lesson learned thanks to your video!
So happy you enjoyed the video Sheri :-D it can be so difficult to tel the difference between the Scale and the natural scars, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Awwww thanks so much Mary Elizabeth for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Scale is such a pest but its so good the rubbing alcohol helps to gets rid of them, thanks so much Molly for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Excellent and very informative video, Lyn! Some great visual examples of scale, how to treat and also really nice that you are showing the difference to normal corking on cacti! Thanks for sharing, a really useful video! Sending you and Hans very best cactus greetings for a lovely weekend over to the beautiful Emerald Isle! Happy growing, my friends!!
So happy you loved the video Joe :-D Scale is such an awful pest and one of those 'beasties' that seems to keep coming back, my Cereus spiralis seems to be a Scale insect magnet machine haha, thanks so much Joe for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Bavaria for a super Sunday today XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
I saw your previous video on scale and use the method and i think useful video my cactus is not completely cured but after using i have saw the difference and Thank you for the information 💚
So happy the video has helped you with treating your cactus too 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 super Sunday 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 super Sunday today XXXX
Thank you for the information! I was actually wondering about exactly this the other day, how to tell the difference between scale insect and scabs - you've read my mind! 😅 thank you muchly! 😊 Amy from Melbourne x
So happy you loved the video Amy :-D scale and scabbing can look so similar in appearance, thanks so much Amy for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Melbourne for a wonderful evening XXXX
hahaha Heather I am the same, I really hate these little beasties that attack our beloved plants, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to New Zealand for a wonderful evening XXXX
thanks so much Alexander for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Such patience! Could you water in a systemic insecticide to stop scale (or other insects) returning? I used to do this for prevention many years ago, when as a teenager my bedroom often smelled of Murphy’s systemic 😮😂!!
Scales really are such a pain for us cactus growers, I used to use a really good systemic you watered into the soil years ago called Provado it worked so well for getting rid of scale, mealies but they changed the formula few years ago due to the banning of some insecticide ingredients like Melathion, the new ingredients don't seem to work as well for scale and mealies now, thanks so much Georgina for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
My experience is that neem oil kills crassula and portucaria afra...my preferred solution is 2 parts water and 1 part isopropyl alcohol and 4-5 drops of dishwashing liquid in a quart spray bottle. I don't use rubbing alcohol because it can have oils that can suffocate leaves.
Oh no with the Neem oil killing Crassula, I will be careful with avoiding the Crassulas and Portucaria afras when spraying the Neem this Spring, and thanks so much for letting me know your preferred method, thanks so much Dave for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Hey Lyn, you know when I see pests on my plants I imagine my poor plants probably feel itchy like you and I do when we get bit by pests, mosquitos, fleas, ticks and such. EW!!!
haha Marie :-D yes i can actually feel myself itch just by looking at those awful 'beasties' on our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Marie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Hi Lynne,I’ve just discovered (hard) scale on my jungle cacti and I’m gutted. I have damaged some of the ‘leaves’ trying to scrape them off and they’ve also spread to other plants. I have ordered neem oil but am now considering rubbing alcohol after watching your video.What would you recommend for these more delicate plants of mine ? I have shark tooth fern and fish bone cacti. Any advice would be much appreciated. Lots of love and plant power being sent over to Northern Ireland xxx
Hi Jackie :-D so sorry you are dealing with these scale 'beasties' on your plants too, I notice my jungle cacti are especially prone to scale, I would use the rubbing alcohol first to remove as many of the scale as you possibly can, and then use the Neem oil afterwards to help to prevent them coming back, the Neem oil is really good to prevent them from returning as Neem effects the scales reproductive system and after a few treatments of Neem it seems to really work at eliminating the scales especially for all neighbouring plants too, but if you can use the rubbing alcohol first to remove as many of the scales this would be best, and then follow up with the Neem oil spraying, thanks so much Jackie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
So I have a $65 euphorbia that is stabbed up but I checked and I don't believe it's the scale but it is climbing up every face of my euphorbia, is there anything I can do for that?
Hi Tom :-D I think it could be corking that is spreading up your Euphorbia, some larger and mature Euphorbias will often have this scabbing in patches going up Euphorbia stems, but its difficult to say for sure, if its natural scabbing there is nothing that can be done and its more of an aesthetic thing, but its best to get it checked out just in case it was a virus, if you are on FB you could post up some photos onto the FB groups e.g 'The Funky Cactus Growing Page' forum or the 'British Cactus & Succulent Society' group page they are open to everyone around the world, if you are on Instagram you can also DM me some photos and I can have a look and advise you too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX
I somehow missed this video, Lyn. So sorry. It's always a battle against the beasties. I hope this summer it won't be too bad for pests. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a lovely evening and weekend from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Awwwww don't you worry Daz haha, argh the Beasties really are a pain for us plant growers, and battling these beasties always is a never ending battle haha, 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 to England and Singapore for a super Sunday today XXXXX
Well done Lyn 🙂 The scale has been weighed and found wanting 😎Hope you and Hans have a good weekend 😊🌵
Awwww thanks so much Ziggy :-D these beasties on our plants really are a pain haha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Lovely video full of important information of how to tell these marks are scale insects! This rubbing alcohol does miricles Lyn as it really remove these scale insects on contact! You did a great job cleaning this cactus! Thanks for sharing! Good morning and have a nice Sunday my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness!
So happy you loved the video Sylvia :-D these scale insects really are a pain and thank goodness the rubbing alcohol works a treat at melting these little beasties on contact, we will not let them 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 super Sunday today XXXX
Good shot of spirits will keep anything happy 😊💚👍🌵thanks Lyn
haha so true :-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 super Sunday today XXXX
Much appreciated your video in so many different ways! I learned how to tell the differences between normal scarring vs. Scale AND what to do about it, CLOSE-UP! You are definately my GO-TO EXPERT when I need answers! God bless you & Hans! ❤😊
Awwwww thank you so very much, and so happy that you enjoyed the video on how to tell the difference between Scale and scarring, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Holy cow, Lynn! I’ve been wondering what that was on my precious succulents. You’ve answered the question I’ve been pondering for years. Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤️
So happy that the video has answered your question, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and CRYSTAL and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Perfect timing Lynn. Thank you for this tutorial. Greetings from Texas!
So happy the video was perfect timing, and thanks so much Josie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Texas for a super Sunday today XXXX
Hi Lyn, love the video. I found it quite therapeutic watching you get rid of them all ha ha xxx❤️❤️❤️
haha Jane :-D it really feels good to remove all of these scale beasties haha, we will not let them harm our beloved planties, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Cheshire XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon hi Lyn, yes keep them away ha ha xxx❤️❤️❤️
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Boy howdy!!! These are one of my toughest beasties!!! Like you said, opuntias and cereus spirals!!! My spirals I finally won the battle!! Used 70% rubbing alcohol over and over and scrubbing with a tooth brush!! Two opuntia have been a really long problem. I've tried over and over. Still they come back!! Going to try and work on them this spring and summer. May blast them off with a hard water spray with a hose nozzle. These beasties are always a constant battle with us plant people!!! Thanks for sharing this great method of eradication!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌿🌻🍀🌾💐🌱🌹🌳😃👍
haha Clyde :-D these Scale 'Beasties' really are a never ending battle and I have just noticed Scale yet again on my Spiralis, its such a time consuming job removing the scale, and we have some Opuntias constantly getting them too, we will not let these beasties harm our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a super Sunday today XXXX
I recently received an Opuntia through the post, it had the beginnings of scales.
I zapped them off.
Before this, i haven't seen scale for several years, I hope they stay gone.
Enjoying your videos and its very helpful to watch these such topics because it reflects the realities we are all faced with when growing plants, and it's refreshing to see it shown through your videos.
Your content is real life 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🌵🌵🌵👌
Awwwww thank you so very much Claire :-D Scale is such a pest and they seem to know the places to hide where we can't see them haha, I find Opuntias can be so prone to scale too, years ago I bought an Echinopsis cactus that I thought was a special patterned one that turned out to be covered in scales LOL! it made a wonderful recovery thank goodness, thanks so much Claire for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Jack lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
Brilliant video Lyn! Thank you so much for sharing! ❤ 😃🌵 XXXX
So happy you loved the video Vera :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy for a super Sunday today XXXX
Hi and you did a great job on getting rid of that scale.
Scale really is such an awful beastie, 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 weekend XXXX
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thanks so much Thorsten for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
❤awesome video, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Great channel 👍
So happy you loved the video Johnny 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 super Sunday today XXXX
Useful and informative video as alwyas. Rubbing alcohol is is really good for all the nasties which attack our plants indeed. all the best to both of you
The rubbing alcohol really is so good for getting rid of these awful beasties on our plants haha, thanks so much Magda for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
Very useful video. Thanks for sharing Lyn!
So happy you loved the video Carol :-D 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 super Sunday today XXXX
This was a fantastic learning video for me Lyn! I get those scars on my cactus that I thought were scale and unfortunately I really hurt a cactus or two from rubbing so hard 😢. Lesson learned thanks to your video!
So happy you enjoyed the video Sheri :-D it can be so difficult to tel the difference between the Scale and the natural scars, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Glad to see your video. Hope you are well.
Awwww thanks so much Mary Elizabeth for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thank you Lyn! I have brown scale on the underside of the bottom leaves of my Clivia plant. Now I know what to do!
Scale is such a pest but its so good the rubbing alcohol helps to gets rid of them, thanks so much Molly for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Excellent and very informative video, Lyn! Some great visual examples of scale, how to treat and also really nice that you are showing the difference to normal corking on cacti! Thanks for sharing, a really useful video! Sending you and Hans very best cactus greetings for a lovely weekend over to the beautiful Emerald Isle! Happy growing, my friends!!
So happy you loved the video Joe :-D Scale is such an awful pest and one of those 'beasties' that seems to keep coming back, my Cereus spiralis seems to be a Scale insect magnet machine haha, thanks so much Joe for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Bavaria for a super Sunday today XXXX
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thanks so much for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
I saw your previous video on scale and use the method and i think useful video my cactus is not completely cured but after using i have saw the difference and Thank you for the information 💚
So happy the video has helped you with treating your cactus too 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 super Sunday today XXXX
Very useful 👌
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Thank you for the information! I was actually wondering about exactly this the other day, how to tell the difference between scale insect and scabs - you've read my mind! 😅 thank you muchly! 😊 Amy from Melbourne x
So happy you loved the video Amy :-D scale and scabbing can look so similar in appearance, thanks so much Amy for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Melbourne for a wonderful evening XXXX
Thank you, have a lovely weekend! 😊
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Scale & mealy bugs really piss me off 😂😂😬
hahaha Heather I am the same, I really hate these little beasties that attack our beloved plants, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to New Zealand for a wonderful evening XXXX
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thanks so much Alexander for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Such patience! Could you water in a systemic insecticide to stop scale (or other insects) returning? I used to do this for prevention many years ago, when as a teenager my bedroom often smelled of Murphy’s systemic 😮😂!!
Scales really are such a pain for us cactus growers, I used to use a really good systemic you watered into the soil years ago called Provado it worked so well for getting rid of scale, mealies but they changed the formula few years ago due to the banning of some insecticide ingredients like Melathion, the new ingredients don't seem to work as well for scale and mealies now, thanks so much Georgina for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
My experience is that neem oil kills crassula and portucaria afra...my preferred solution is 2 parts water and 1 part isopropyl alcohol and 4-5 drops of dishwashing liquid in a quart spray bottle. I don't use rubbing alcohol because it can have oils that can suffocate leaves.
Oh no with the Neem oil killing Crassula, I will be careful with avoiding the Crassulas and Portucaria afras when spraying the Neem this Spring, and thanks so much for letting me know your preferred method, thanks so much Dave for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
@desertplantsofavalon it's the oils that suffocate leaves.. same goes for any oil additives in rubbing alcohol..that's why I use isopropyl alcohol
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Hey Lyn, you know when I see pests on my plants I imagine my poor plants probably feel itchy like you and I do when we get bit by pests, mosquitos, fleas, ticks and such. EW!!!
haha Marie :-D yes i can actually feel myself itch just by looking at those awful 'beasties' on our beloved plants haha, thanks so much Marie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Hi Lynne,I’ve just discovered (hard) scale on my jungle cacti and I’m gutted.
I have damaged some of the ‘leaves’ trying to scrape them off and they’ve also spread to other plants.
I have ordered neem oil but am now considering rubbing alcohol after watching your video.What would you recommend for these more delicate plants of mine ? I have shark tooth fern and fish bone cacti.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Lots of love and plant power being sent over to Northern Ireland xxx
Hi Jackie :-D so sorry you are dealing with these scale 'beasties' on your plants too, I notice my jungle cacti are especially prone to scale, I would use the rubbing alcohol first to remove as many of the scale as you possibly can, and then use the Neem oil afterwards to help to prevent them coming back, the Neem oil is really good to prevent them from returning as Neem effects the scales reproductive system and after a few treatments of Neem it seems to really work at eliminating the scales especially for all neighbouring plants too, but if you can use the rubbing alcohol first to remove as many of the scales this would be best, and then follow up with the Neem oil spraying, thanks so much Jackie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
So I have a $65 euphorbia that is stabbed up but I checked and I don't believe it's the scale but it is climbing up every face of my euphorbia, is there anything I can do for that?
Hi Tom :-D I think it could be corking that is spreading up your Euphorbia, some larger and mature Euphorbias will often have this scabbing in patches going up Euphorbia stems, but its difficult to say for sure, if its natural scabbing there is nothing that can be done and its more of an aesthetic thing, but its best to get it checked out just in case it was a virus, if you are on FB you could post up some photos onto the FB groups e.g 'The Funky Cactus Growing Page' forum or the 'British Cactus & Succulent Society' group page they are open to everyone around the world, if you are on Instagram you can also DM me some photos and I can have a look and advise you too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX