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Lovemygarden
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:46 am Post subject: Scale on leaves

I have a saw palm in my living room. It has a bad case of scale. How would you remove it? I put it outdoors and sprayed hard with the hose; then I cut off the most infected leaves. After a week the scale was still there.

Once I was told to remove the scale with a q tip dipped in alchohol. If this doesn't work I may have to throw out the plant (which I love) lest the scale get into my husband's orchids.

Suggestions? Thanks.

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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:58 am Post subject:
I use Alcohol and it seems to work IF you are very thorough. I remember once someone told me they used a nicotine spray and it worked. I'm not sure of the recipe, but maybe you could google it and find one.

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