Cycad, We Have A Problem
Turn your back for a second and you have mealy bug so bad you could harvest them and make wool from them.
I cut this Sago Palm back in spring and put it in a hot sunny place until it flushed out and looked very dapper. Then I moved it to a less sunny area. Oops. My bad.
I'm going to give him one heckuva bath this weekend using my favorite fighter-of-mealybug, Dr. Bronner's Soap (in lavender). I'll let you know how that works in Le Forum.
p.s. I have to highly recomment the Facebook page of Bastard the Cycad.... He's on Twitter too!
Amanda ThomsenAuthor
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