Keeping Houseplants Healthy
Insecticidal soap won't penetrate the hard shells of mature scale insects. Use a solution of fine horticultural oil to smother them. Follow package directions for combining the oil with water. Shake the sprayer frequently to keep the oil in ... [... more]
DIYnet |
Rose Scale
Insecticide must be applied during the crawler (the mobile, unprotected young of adult scale insects) stage or when crawlers have just settled. The crawler date for rose scale is late May to June 30. Make insecticide ... [... more]
Virginia Tech Entomology |
Phylloxera
If hickories infested with phylloxera are examined closely, it is often possible to detect scale insects for which horticultural oils are labeled. If horticultural oils are applied in the dormant season, scales (and ... [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
White Flies And Black Thoughts
Another indoor scourge has been soft scale insects. They arrived with a gift of Creeping Iris. It was also months before I noticed them. I eventually retained a couple of baby plants and destroyed the original. The new small plants were, I admit, ... [... more]
Suite101 |
All Seasons Horticultural Oil Concentrate gal.
A superior type parafinic oil spray to control overwintering eggs of red spiders scale insects aphids bud moths leaf roller red bug codling moth blister mites galls whitefly mealy bugs and other insects. Safe and pleasant to use. [... more]
$25.59
Amazon.com |
Scalenet
Welcome to ScaleNet. This site is all about scale insects (Coccoidea): a group of insects comprised of about 7,355 species. Scale insects vary dramatically in their appearance from very small organisms (1-2mm) that ... [... more]
sel.barc.usda.gov |
Scotts 0168160 "Ortho" Volck Oil Spray 1 Pint
 ORTHO "VOLK" OIL SPRAY *Pt. *1 qt. makes 12 gals. growing season spray or 6 gals. dormant spray *Horticulture spray oil for use during the growing season *For fruit & shade trees *Controls scale insects, red spider mites & mealybugs * ... [... more]
Amazon.com |
SPRINGSTAR BioCareAphid and Whitefly Trap
* Monitor and control small flying insects such as aphids, whitefly, thrips, fungus gnats, scale insects and other pests in gardens, homes and green housed * The special yellow color attracts the insects to the trap, and the powerful glue kills them * ... [... more]
Amazon.com |
AS21 All Seasons horticulture spray oil
A superior type paraffinic oil. Use as a growing season spray, dormant spray, or delayed dormant spray to control overwintering eggs of: red spiders, scale insects, aphids, bud moths, leaf roller, red bug, codling moth, blister mites, galls, whitefly, mea [... more]
Amazon.com |
Scale
Different species of scale insects attack various kinds of fruits and ornamental plants in all parts of the country. They attach to branches, twigs, and the undersides of leaves, appearing as small bumps. Some are ... [... more]
National Gardening Association |
Hemispherical Scale
The hemispherical scale insect is a tropical insect that has become a common greenhouse pest. In warmer temperate areas, the scale can live outside. Unlike many other scales, the hemispherical scale secretes little ... [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
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