the Soft Brown Scale has landed

[Leafmite]

I actually thought about using it and I know citrus growers are using it to try to control Citrus Greening but all the research papers I found seem to indicate that traces are still found in the fruit during harvest, even when treating just after the blooms fall. It is one thing to buy fruit that contains pesticides but another to grow it. No matter, I seem to have the scale and mealy bugs under control, now, and in the spring, I can always hit them with Malathion when spraying my outdoor fruit trees and finish off whatever issues they might still have.

[bil]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

I actually thought about using it and I know citrus growers are using it to try to control Citrus Greening but all the research papers I found seem to indicate that traces are still found in the fruit during harvest, even when treating just after the blooms fall. It is one thing to buy fruit that contains pesticides but another to grow it. No matter, I seem to have the scale and mealy bugs under control, now, and in the spring, I can always hit them with Malathion when spraying my outdoor fruit trees and finish off whatever issues they might still have.

Interesting. Thanks for that. I have been using it, and don't really have an alternative if I want to grow citrus. Anyway, I am old and have to die of something. Is it possible to die from an overdose of orchids?
It might be worth trying.