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formontcalamus · 12-22-2007, 01:15 AM

A few years ago in Florida a shipment of Sagos arrived at a wholesale growers nursery from Thialand "" with a new species of scale The scale spread all over the state and was found by the Florida agi department to be resistant to insecticides. Many Florida growers quickly sold off thier Sagos cheap just to get rid of the problem and stopped growing them.

If anyone buys Sagos, especially at chain stores, check the leaves undersides carefully befor buying !! The scales apear as little charcoal dots with a central "bump" and a gray edge. I do not know if the scale will actually kill the plants, but thoes that I have seed infected look deteriorated.

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12-22-2007, 01:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
formontcalamus Wholistic Naturalist Location: South Central Puerto Rico Zone: 11 Name: Logos (French/Greek) Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 58 BananaBucks : 1,363 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 4 Thanked 17 Times in 12 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: ATTN: Sago Palm growers A few years ago in Florida a shipment of Sagos arrived at a wholesale growers nursery from Thialand "" with a new species of scale The scale spread all over the state and was found by the Florida agi department to be resistant to insecticides. Many Florida growers quickly sold off thier Sagos cheap just to get rid of the problem and stopped growing them. If anyone buys Sagos, especially at chain stores, check the leaves undersides carefully befor buying !! The scales apear as little charcoal dots with a central "bump" and a gray edge. I do not know if the scale will actually kill the plants, but thoes that I have seed infected look deteriorated. Logos __________________ Love the Earth, Logos / Wholistic Naturalist / Married / Father of ten Cats / Sexual preference: Anything that moves / French-Greek ancestry / Special interests: Codiaeum (Crotons), Evolutionary behavior / Look to the examples of Nature to understand Humanity.