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Easterncedar

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8. Good luck

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 11, 2026, 01:05 AM

4 hrs ago

Scale is very hard to eliminate. Let us know how you fare, please.

I have had some success with an organic soapy spray on my potted bay ‘tree’, a plant I inherited 25 years ago and really cherish. It picked up scale from a stephanotis I bought at a grocery store florist. After 4 years of fighting, including radical pruning, and removing the soil and washing the roots and repotting, the bay is holding on, but I don’t think it will ever be completely safe from outbreaks. The scale is very good at hiding and lying in wait.

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Kinda like Kalifornia . . . George McGovern Thursday #4

Ugh! I used to fight magnolia scale by hand in a plant nursery Easterncedar Thursday #6

that smell does get old real quick HAB911 22 hrs ago #7

Good luck Easterncedar 4 hrs ago #8