scale

I've been battleing scale for 6 months and have tried every thing other then malithion . can some one give me some advice. I've neemed them rubbed them down with rubbing alchole use advid on them and a soap mix and repoted and physaned them and it slows them down but they just won't go away . I'm going crazy . I've been growing in doors for 8 years and never had so much hassel.

I know you don't want to hear this, but Malathion is the way to go. I had a terrible scale problem this year also. It has never been so bad. My cattleyas were infected down to the rhizome. I spent four weekends dipping and scrubbing them. I filled a 32 gallon trash can with malathion and soaked my orchids for 5-10 minutes then took a tooth brush and scrubbed them down to the roots to remove scale. Next, I took a systemic spray and sprayed them. I have been spraying with malathion once a week since. Most of my scale problems are gone, but it still pops up here and there. I lost several beautiful cattleyas to it. Death to Scale!!

Cheers,
BD

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I also use liquid Sevin. Have had good success. Orchidman148

Scale!!! Yikes! I had a bout with it this spring and it just cropped up again on one of my catts. I tried everything, too, but the systemic was what finally worked for me. I use Bayer systemic. Out with ye', beast!! Good luck.

Tami

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Death to scale ! and the others that plague us . I use Orthene Wp. as a drench and Safers on the tops until the Orthene kicks in . once a week for 3 weeks it is the eggs that some of the others like neem ect . miss . Bayer Tree and Shrub is good also a systemic ,a teaspoon to a gallon once a week for 3 weeks . It can be found at one of the big box stores . Gin

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