Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Acer issues?

debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
in Plants
Hi all, just spotted these on trunk of my large acer. Should I be worried? 

Posts

  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184

  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Having checked online I think it’s scale insect so will pop out and scrape them all off 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I agree.
    Scrape off, or, perhaps better, dab with cotton wool buds soaked in alcohol.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I use a stiff brush to shift them if there's quite a few. Once the 'shell' is damaged it's game over

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    @punkdoc maybe if I just drink the alcohol I won’t care? 
    Seriously though is that a better way to clear them? 
    Never seen them before it’s a good sized apparently healthy tree. 
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    My lemon trees get scale insects, I  dab them with cheap cooking brandy, works a treat.
    AB Still learning

Sign In or Register to comment.