One way to get ride of scale.

TorontoJoe said:
I'm missing something.... What am I looking at here?
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Mango trees that have been severely damaged from the cold front we had the other week. Lots of Floridians took a major hit and we’re in a holding pattern until spring to fully appreciate the extent of the damage.
 
TorontoJoe said:
Surprised the leaves didn't drop
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They are starting to. It’s only about a week since the last of the cold weather so the damage is still showing. I was told that the sooner they drop their leaves indicates a quicker recovery. Those that hang on to their leaves will most likely need to be pruned pretty hard to get to green wood.
 
Hope I don’t burst your bubble but minor freezes did not stop scale here in Iowa. It took almost a blow torch to finish them off. A few years back I got scale twice on new plants and before I knew what was going on all my figs had them. I sprayed trees weekly and every day I would inspect them for scale. Took two seasons of squishing and spraying to finally rid myself of them. Luckily I haven’t see anything since and it’s been a few years.
 
rNexus said:
This was the first real winter we have had in Virginia in at least 8 years. Quite a normal winter for 20, 30 and 40 years ago here. Yes it was cold!
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i complain/joke regularly about the cold here but for real, this has been the most difficult winter ever for me. My Mediterranean body wasn’t built for this. I need to rethink how I manage winters as I get older.
 
Bofig said:
Hope I don’t burst your bubble but minor freezes did not stop scale here in Iowa. It took almost a blow torch to finish them off. A few years back I got scale twice on new plants and before I knew what was going on all my figs had them. I sprayed trees weekly and every day I would inspect them for scale. Took two seasons of squishing and spraying to finally rid myself of them. Luckily I haven’t see anything since and it’s been a few years.
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Roger that. It was kinda said tongue in cheek. I was treating this particular tree for scale. Not having much luck but had just ordered the nuclear option…malathion. Going to wait for tree to fully recover before treating what’s left of the scale.
 
Bofig said:
Hope I don’t burst your bubble but minor freezes did not stop scale here in Iowa. It took almost a blow torch to finish them off. A few years back I got scale twice on new plants and before I knew what was going on all my figs had them. I sprayed trees weekly and every day I would inspect them for scale. Took two seasons of squishing and spraying to finally rid myself of them. Luckily I haven’t see anything since and it’s been a few years.
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I have scale on my Meyer lemon. I have been spraying it with rubbing alcohol and manually scraping it off with my fingernail.

May I ask what product you used for a spray?
 
I’ve used this with limited success on minor infestations. It’s pretty safe for several applications. I was going to start using it in my spray schedule preemptively too.
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This is my nuclear option…nasty stuff but kills pretty much everything.
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BucksCountyFigs said:
I have scale on my Meyer lemon. I have been spraying it with rubbing alcohol and manually scraping it off with my fingernail.

May I ask what product you used for a spray?
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I used orchard spray which is sulphur and pyrethrin spray, the mechanical removal was the absolute best way. Once they get big enough the shell protects them from spray so you need to squish the adults and spray for juveniles
 
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