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Hi Robert, hope you are well. How do I get rid of scale insects on my citrus trees? I tried dish soap, but that made the problem worse. There is bees, some birds and ladybugs feeding on these pests and I don’t want to harm them or scare them off with harsh pesticides. I sometimes spray them with the water hose, but this is not affective. I try not to use any insecticide or pesticides in my garden. I live in Pretoria, South Africa.
You don’t want to use anything to get rid of them, but you were willing to spray toxic dish soap on them?
Ladybugs are not feeding on scale – scale are covered with a hard covering that would prevent this – maybe you have not yet identified the problem correctly?
scale spray https://youtu.be/vFRg0xiHbzg
Hello, what fertilizer would you recommend for a houseplant?
NPK 5,4-1,8-5,7 + micronutrient
NPK 8-4-5 + micronutrient
NPK 7-5-6 + micronutrient, thank you.
First one – the other two have too much P.