Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Friday, January 26, 2007
Mealybugs, Aphids & Scale. Oh My.
I thought I was doing a good deed. Saving the plants in the garage from a frozen death by bringing them into the house where they could warm up and maybe put out a few new leaves for the spring. And how do they reward me? They make it harder to justify keeping them. The few etiolated shoots on the Cupheas are now infested with aphids. The florists' azaleas have scale. The Kaffir Lime has scale and mealybugs. All this within 48 hours of bringing them in and cleaning them up a bit. The scale and mealybugs I know I can deal with - it just takes some time with Q-tips and isopropyl alcohol to remove them. But aphids? Be a good organic gardener and simply wash them away with a spray of water! Ha! They always come back, refreshed from their shower. (If not the very same ones, then their children.) But I really want to keep the Cupheas, so I perservere.
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