Black scale- how do I eradicate?

[swstoner]

Just pulled a plant grown outdoors and it is covered in black scale... Hasnt done too much damage but I have another plant in the same spot that has a few weeks left... I want to kill em all ... but what can I use to get them at this stage of growing???

[pisspotgrower]

Hey ya mate sorry here ya havin a few troubles

Im not 100% what black scale is can u pls put up a pic or describe ya problem abit....just havent run into it here n would like to know if i do

[loylty gets u nothing]

do u have a pic?

are they lil black bumps on stems and buds?

ive encounted the above mantioned thing

i was up shit creek didnt notice em till real late

i removed wat i could by hand

depending on wat stage the plant is in is to whether u can treat imo

i dont know wat chemical treatments are available sorry

all the best

bil

[nugget]

Shell Type Things: I have black shell type bugs on my stem - Oz Stoners

 

 

Edited April 5, 2011 by nugget

[demistify]

auntie norm advised me that velvet soap suds gets rid of this scale ... after I had already successfully used yates bug and scale spray. 'white oil' does the job too. all of these remedies smother the scale. they are not 'chemical'.

 

but the reason you've got the scale is because yr plant is short of potash and is losing vigour. if it's late in the growing season for you, and you don't want too mess around with nutruents now, you may think about watering yr girls well with a spoonful of molasses in a bucket of water ... which will invigorate them and provide a little potash too ... maybe enough for you to finish the grow. cheers.

[Reverend]

Check your ant activity, ants nurse and protect the scale insects, which, tap into the sap of the plant, produce a sweet nectar that the ants love to eat. To stop ants climbing up the plant a little vaseline around the bottom of the trunk will stop them. You can pick and squash the scale if you want or can spray but at this stage I'd be hesitant. If you don't get rid of the scale and ants you will find sooty mould will follow.

[phreakah]

That thing about ants protecting the scale reminds me of my roman wormwood plant.

Had black scale on it, suddenly ants were all over the plant. I thought they were eating the scale though

[demistify]

the scale converts the sap of yr plant into sugars which the ants 'farm'.

[olddave]

G'day mate, i got rid of black scale on my roses by sprayimg a 50/50 dilution of water and milk. advice from gardening australia.

good luck.

Edited April 5, 2011 by olddave

[swstoner]

cheers guys yeah the buggers, garden just got way out of hand and couldnt get amongst it to check... the first cut of all the main branches had bugger all but when I pulled her out it was covered in em, being so close to harvest Im not at all keen on spraying but the milk/water and vaseline is ideal will give that a crack, cheers all