MargaretD Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Having read all the previous posts I dread asking for help in killing scale insects and the ants that seem to be tending them so lovingly!What I'm concerned about is that I've taken precautions about getting scale insect in the house, but yesterday I couldn't believe my eyes to see a whole bush covered in the things, and its only just below our balcony and the plants I've always protected so...Any ideas, I tried washing up liquid etc yesterday, but it was like water off a ducks back - yes, I started to pick them off, but that is going to take me a lifetime...Any other ideas...Oh, and ants, the garden is full of them. Yellow ones, red ones, little black ones and enormous black ones. I saw some killer in Champion this pm, but it says not suitable for domestic animals. Mr Tim (cat) is resident in France and uses garden, so I put the packet back on the shelf. I may go and buy it tomorrow, and keep the cat in... But any ideas greatfully received, except for don't kill the ants etc!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Can I just check that you do mean "scale insects" , hard shelled creatures that are stuck like limpets to the stems of plants??Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretD Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Yes I mean scales insects, they are what I've always fought against on indoor plants, hence my consternation on them living outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Oh dear, being totally organic myself I can only suggest this:http://www.defenders.co.uk/scale_insect.htm otherwise I guess it's the chemical route for you, incidentally, although I suppose it doesn't matter, wouldn't this be better in the gardening section?Good luck, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 helloI dont know if you can get this in france but you need an insecticidal soap or Malathion, or the one I prefer and found it works is a systemic insecticide like heptenophos, it is much easier than the first one as you water it into the plant and it sucks it up and as they suck on the leaf it kills them, the other one you spray on which is very hit and miss, the systemic one needs to be done as soon as you can as this time of year plants suck up more water than the rest of the year hence it will hit them quicker. they are very hard to get rid of so do it a couple of times . the only over way is to cut off and butn all the bits with them on and hope it grows back next year.What plant are they on? they seem to love my lemon trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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