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Citrus mealybugs
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Posted by tim45z10 sdca (My Page) on Thu, Nov 5, 09 at 16:32
| Is there a way to eradicate mealybugs without the chemicals my book suggests? Thank you for your help. |
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RE: Citrus mealybugs
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| alchol and dishwater detergent and a lot of work |
RE: Citrus mealybugs
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| If we had a little more information, we could (probably) offer some helpful advice. How many plants? Can we assume that they are planted in the ground, in your location? How large are the plants? How bad is the infestation? |
RE: Citrus mealybugs
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Fortunately it is on only one orange tree. The Dwarf Mandarin. It is medium to heavy infestation. I went and blew a lot of them off with a hose.
The trees are in the ground in my yard. I have 5 different orange trees. I also found a few of them on my pomegranite tree also. |
RE: Citrus mealybugs
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| Will ladybugs touch mealybugs? I have found conflicting information while trying to research this. I have mealybugs one one tree. Nothing seems to get rid of them. Lisa |
RE: Citrus mealybugs
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- Posted by jean001 z8aPortland, OR (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 11, 09 at 0:59
| In SoCal, you're more likely to have woolly whitefly than mealybugs on your outdoor citrus. Unless, that is, you have the mealybug destroyer, the larva of a lady beetle which eats aphids. Can you post pictures? |
RE: Citrus mealybugs
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| Lisa, ladybugs are predators of all kinds of small, soft-bodied insects. They will even devour caterpillars before they get to be too large. |
RE: Citrus mealybugs
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| I have never heard of wooly whitefly. I'm not sure that is a problem here in Florida. I will go ahead and order some ladybugs and hope that they conquer the problem. I will let you know if it works. Lisa |
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