Orchid – Scale on Stem
Q: What are these on my orchid?
A: They are brown soft scale insects on your plant’s flower stem.
Scale insects are typically controlled by three means: killing them with isopropyl alcohol, suffocating the adults with horticultural oil sprays and killing the immature crawlers when they emerge in spring.
Here’s an excellent resource on orchid scale control.
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Yew – Pruning
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Bronze Beauty Cleyera – Fertilizing
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Magnolia – Transplanting from the Woods
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Tree sprouting – Transplanting
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Oak – Ring Numbers
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Pine straw – Weed control
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Fatsia – Blooming in December
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Fire Power Nandina – Not Coloring
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Yew – Pruning
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Fescue – Tree Leaves on New Lawn
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