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Easterncedar

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6. Ugh! I used to fight magnolia scale by hand in a plant nursery

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 09:32 PM

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After an hour of wiping them off, their weird cloying sweet smell would have me gagging.

The alternative, pesticide, would have killed the wasps and lady bugs that were all over helping.

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Ugly little suckers. I hope you wipe them out. George McGovern Thursday #1

I thought I had barnacles! HAB911 Thursday #5

Well, that's pretty interesting. I've never seen them. I don't know that we have them here. Walleye Thursday #2

Made me look HAB911 Thursday #3

Kinda like Kalifornia . . . George McGovern Thursday #4

Ugh! I used to fight magnolia scale by hand in a plant nursery Easterncedar Thursday #6

that smell does get old real quick HAB911 Friday #7

Good luck Easterncedar Saturday #8

I took a tray with me to catch the remains HAB911 Saturday #9