Mastodawn

I need pest help 🙏 Does anyone have an effective way to get rid of scale insects? I didn't really find anything that would eliminate all stages. I saw a recommendation for tobacco "tea", but before I go search for tobacco, I'd like to hear other people's experience. The bastards are almost invisible on the plants, and are killing my poinsettia 😭 (it's easier to see them on citrus plants, and scrape them off). I'll take something that will make the sap toxic for them, too.

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EntangledPear

The photo is from https://jomostudio.com/blogs/plant-with-jomo/common-houseplant-pests-how-to-deal-with-scale , where horticultural oil is recommended, which, however, on other sites, is said to be ineffective on the waxy stage 😞

Common Houseplant Pests: How to Deal with Scale

The most non-bug looking pest of them all! Similar to barnacles in the ocean, they often go unnoticed as they are such strange-looking pests and appear not to be mobile. Keep an eye out for these guys as they can be just as destructible as any other pest if left to themselves for too long! Why does My Plant have Pests?

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