The COMPLETE Guide to Getting Rid of Scale Insects
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Күн бұрынIf you've been dealing with scale insects on your indoor or outdoor plants, check out our deep dive on what scale pests are, the different types, and how to control infestations and prevent future ones. Chris from Fluent Garden drops some pest prevention knowledge!
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Damage & Symptoms
01:11 - Sooty Mold
01:40 - Scale Wax
01:57 - Scale Size & Covering
02:35 - Soft Scale & Armoured Scale
03:04 - Soft Scale
03:40 - Armoured Scale
04:31 - Lifecycle
05:55 - Treatments
07:35 - Chemical Control Application
08:02 - Biological Control
08:29 - Prevention
09:55 - Outro
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@HalfNoodley 2 жыл бұрын
Chris really knows how to pack the information into these videos. I went from not really knowing about scale to a bona fide expert in minutes.
@profecarrillo6479 2 жыл бұрын
scales are actually very good for your garden
@FFG805 Жыл бұрын
Isn’t his name kevin
@brigidlaffey7343 Жыл бұрын
@Profe haven’t proved at all beneficial for my citrus - quite the reverse
@cjdflkj 11 ай бұрын
@@FFG805the owner is Kevin, Chris is the lady
@TimberCreates 2 жыл бұрын
I worked at my university’s greenhouse until my recent graduation and we had an outbreak of armoured scale while I had been gone on winter break. I was responsible for the massive cleaning operation. We used black soap and I gave most plants multiple baths for about a week which helped. I was persistent.
@ZE308AC Жыл бұрын
What is black ⚫ soap 🧼?
@deboraballes9044 Жыл бұрын
Alcohol on a piece of cotton is good to remove scale from a smaller house plant
@daveg.5579 2 жыл бұрын
I had cushion scale bugs on a lime tree. I used 50/50 white vinegar and water in a spray bottle. Worked great!
@davidb6961 2 жыл бұрын
This video is excellent. So much information and presented in a way that's easy to understand. Thanks Kevin and Chris.
@lewis93156 4 ай бұрын
Im rarely stunned by a video but this woman was truly impressive. VERY informative, i hope i can now save my infested citrus plant as its had scale bugs for months and one half of the plant has died
@HYEpower 9 ай бұрын
I got rid of 99% scale on my mom's dead lemon trees, I used diatomaceous earth and threw clouds on them and kept the dust on them and the scale all died and fell off. More dust and the nymphs will die.. her plants went from no life scale coving it to massive clusters of flowers and lemons growing.. I used brand red lake, that has calcium in it too.
@alexandriakarter 2 жыл бұрын
New gardener here. Thanks to all of you for the help. Starting a new garden, I have found there are many issues coming up that I am scrambling to figure out. I really like these types of videos to teach what to look for And resolutions!! Thanks so much!!!
@storey662 2 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for the whole pest series! I’ve kept houseplants for a few years now but this is my first year with an outdoor veggie garden so I will take all the knowledge I can get!
@joycemiller7908 2 жыл бұрын
I'd never had it before but my indoor lemon tree got it and I had no clue until the sticky goo on the leaves. I just spent a couple hours yesterday with warm soapy water in a tub, and a washcloth and wiped them off. I left it out since is not too cold and will check it every day or two for sneaky ones. Interesting bugs. I also have some neem oil spray but might not use it.
@kariebrouillard9342 2 жыл бұрын
I love all the information Chris gives me. She is a great addition to Epic Garden.
@P4T0mtz14 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this!! My papayas were super infested from this, now we know how to start dealing with them...
@pahoua3277 2 жыл бұрын
I just literally got it on my plant. I didn't know what was wrong with my plant. I looked for pest and didn't see anything but the scales. At the time I didn't know what it was or that it was alive. I was lucky to notice one moving. I sprayed my plants very well for 2 days. Hope my plant recovers.
@karminipillay7742 Жыл бұрын
One of the most informative plant and pest videos on the net! Thank you. Keep it coming.
@rhkean 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Perfect timing! I just found this on one of my tomato plants this morning and had no idea what it was. Thank you!!!!
@Arcticdi 2 жыл бұрын
Great info but more importantly WELL PRESENTED! I'd like to see more from Chris!
@friendo6257 2 жыл бұрын
Love the cameo from Chris. Great channel, great episode. Keep it up!
@trilldan8327 2 жыл бұрын
I have a big issue with armor scale on my cacti. They always seem to take over my opuntia. They are pretty easy to remove, but when you don't check them that often, an infestation will take over pretty quick.
@Gogurtbump 2 жыл бұрын
*before I've finished the video: I've only ever had hard Scale on orange trees, and I had a lot of success with just an isopropyl alcohol solution and a sponge. Now I'm ignorant and don't know how safe that is for most plants, but I know it worked wonders in my scenario at least
@nancychavez1220 Жыл бұрын
Wow! That was great information. I’ve had armored scale for a LONG time not even knowing. My dieffenbachia looked healthy and I thought the scale was a part of it since I’m a new plant lover and the infestation wasn’t bad. Thank you for putting this out! Looking forward to watching more of your videos. ❤🪴
@stevegow9977 2 жыл бұрын
Always such an amazing source of detailed information. Thank you!
@epicgardening 2 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@theEumenides 2 жыл бұрын
I was gifted a lemon tree, and I saw rather late that it had a nasty cushion scale infection. I lost a whole branch. (It was my first citrus tree). I still inspect it regularly and find a few that I pick off with an cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol. So far, so good, but if it goes on for much longer, I might need to do a broader treatment like you've suggested.
@oliverobama3279 2 жыл бұрын
Hey. What climate do you live in because I have a greenhouse lemon tree and this year I had lots of flowers but once it starts to produce fruit it goes black and falls off. Any ideas? Bad pollination maybe? Last year was its first year so I was hoping for some lemons this year.
@looksirdroids9134 2 жыл бұрын
Oh no, one whole branch! /s
@gmpgmp5488 2 жыл бұрын
Super informative Chris! Thank you 😊
@GmamaGrowz 2 жыл бұрын
Great information 🤩 Thanks for sharing!
@KatesGarden 2 жыл бұрын
Of course now I need to run outside and check all of my plants 😳. Thanks for the extra garden jobs!
@joycemiller7908 2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@trishdavi7049 2 жыл бұрын
Back ha ha
@AnneTrent 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Chris!! You just saved my plants!
@NewEnglandgardening 2 жыл бұрын
I just bought an Owari Satsuma and it looked fine but yesterday I noticed spider mites and webs. Another pest in a house environment without the pressures of outside world. I just hosed it down for the first treatment.
@ainabearfarm8075 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing so much great info about scale. I will chime in that I have found Neem oil to be completely useless though.
@letitgrow1846 2 жыл бұрын
Great informative video. I'm currently dealing with a huge scale infestation on all my Mexican petunias that has started to spread to my tomato plant in my raised bed. I released a large number of ladybugs that have helped to slow the spread, but with ants farming them they have proven extremely difficult to eradicate.
@FunAtDisney 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful information! Thank you
@cherishireland9194 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. I'm often fighting with fruit flies but now I know what to look for, for other pests.
@epicgardening 2 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@jimmccarville5152 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Kevin, I've been watching your videos for over two years now and am extremely impressed on your knowledge especially here in San Diego of gardening and all aspects that deal in the gardening world. I wanted to ask if you gave tours of your new Homestead to locals here in San Diego? I've learned a hell of a lot from all your videos especially starting with your other house and how you set up that awesome garden in a very small footprint!
@szinga 2 жыл бұрын
WOW this vid is right on time... I've just discovered this insect on my plants. thanks dude :)
@vighneshviggy1332 2 жыл бұрын
The timing is insane!! This is exactly the video we needed thank you so much! Chris, your videos are so incredibly informative and so well made packed with such easy to consume info! We are struggling with soft waxy substance on our eggplants, Tomatos and mint which maybe probably soft scale bugs but we still have doubts on whether it's soft scale or leafhopper eggs or powdery mildew :( is there a way to tell the difference? And would the treatment mostly the same for all of them?
@AmericaFirstNow Жыл бұрын
Better info than what I've had to date. I'm Familiar with two types of scale now. Just found some white ones on a Yew bush. With the sun at my back I saw the honey dew glistening. Looks like I'm pruning tomorrow in stead of 2 weeks from now. 2 years ago they were on the Rhododendron on the other side of the house..
@jeanetteschulthe1andOnly 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Chris and Kevin.
@susanc3052 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you. Scales and aphids are my biggest issues!
@MM-le9en 2 жыл бұрын
Great video!! I've got those insects for a while in my basil and cleaned many times but those appeared again until I use ACV on the plant and leaves for some days and my basil started to ge new leaves without the black sticky mould, hope to keep my plant alive.
@jaygonzz_ 2 ай бұрын
Years of knowledge crammed into a 10minute clip. THANK YOU 🙏 😊
@thomasmorgenstern9204 Жыл бұрын
I noticed some incredibly large scale on my Croton plants during the winter in Florida. I was about to blast them with the flat nozzle setting . I was surprised to see what looked like honey bees visiting. Turns out they were after the honey dew. So I decided to share. The Crotons weren't damaged that badly and the bees are in danger. When the Spring arrived the bees left and I blasted the scale off with the flat spray. No need for poisons
@rosalindhansen9167 4 ай бұрын
Fantastic, very helpful video!
@ana2722 2 жыл бұрын
Hello young man I just subscribed to your channel, thank you for what you do💗
@joshcole4786 2 жыл бұрын
Chris, I enjoy the content of your channel. Wondering what grow zone you're in.
@northernmemaw4036 2 жыл бұрын
This is So interesting! Thanks so much ❤ Would Tea Tree Oil be of any help also?
@SWCnetworkdr 2 жыл бұрын
I've lost a huge part of my passionfruit to this problem. Time to go ballistic on the neem oil...
@Aarontlondon Ай бұрын
Such a great video, and I love Chris. She’s a star ⭐️
@WARHORSE465 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! So much good info. Where did you get the big red HAWES watering can???? Love it!
@livenbelieve4819 2 жыл бұрын
This was sooooo helpful! As in “ohhh, aha!” Thanks 👍👍👍
@PlantObsessed 2 жыл бұрын
Had a bad case of hard scale on my orchid this winter.
@epicgardening 2 жыл бұрын
Nasty
@imrankhan-nv7mf Ай бұрын
What is its simple treatment ?@@epicgardening
@Fishandchips463 2 жыл бұрын
My god Im treating my fig tree right now, it is so badly infest by them what a pain.
@imrankhan-nv7mf Ай бұрын
Is there any chemical treatment of armored scale insects? I hv one acre fig orchid.
@ourqueen8423 2 жыл бұрын
Been looking for this for years.
@heikesiegl2640 2 жыл бұрын
i almost lost my Kumquat to those (armored scale). i realized the investation pretty late. I Cut it back and washed it pretty heavily in the shower. After that it took me a long time to pick the rest of them off. a year later i am still picking of some. but they are not enough to harm the plant
@lucyl0o 16 күн бұрын
this is an amazing video, thank you!
@donnaikin7397 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Very informative! Those bugs look horrible, I might be using a toothpick to remove them, then drone them, that way I don’t have to touch them.
@GabbyRocio 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! I keep getting scale on my bird of paradise!
@dpaone8440 2 жыл бұрын
How long does an adult scale live? One season or more? Great info love this channel
@ronaldjones8636 2 жыл бұрын
THE B-ROLL OF KEVIN LOOKING AT FLOWERS!!! Was so funny or some reason LOL
@dragon_empress_1 2 жыл бұрын
Really useful video. I've been fighting scale on a soursop tree for a while now but I have to give in and be merciless with my pruning shears.😭
@artunderwood8687 2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video dedicated to indoor growth. Specifically I’m trying to figure out how to be able to grow fruits and veggies year round. I live in Alaska, so my growing season is limited, and besides I’m trying to be able to grow everything I can year round. Like strawberries and tomatoes. And I’m trying to figure out how I can induce temperature changes to induce fruiting cycles. Or if that even matters. Thanks. Love your channel.
@Shortcake39553 2 жыл бұрын
Great tips from both of you. Where can we purchase a microscope minute enough to see the small aphids? Thanks for sharing
@mrssamwinchester100 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@peggyshook6746 2 жыл бұрын
Great info
@upp_avasyathinutastydish 2 жыл бұрын
Very useful video
@takishasage-freebeautyzone 2 жыл бұрын
Oh! That's what is on my bay plant! Thanks!
@sharonspopsandplants359 2 жыл бұрын
That was some great info and I use neem oil on my plants
@trishdavi7049 2 жыл бұрын
Eeeew! This is just another reason why some people won't start nor continue gardening. Creepy bugs! Better to know what they are and remove them from your own produce than risk eating them on foods produced by others. Thanks Chris and Kevin
@randimayes560 5 ай бұрын
Believe me! You have eaten more bugs in your life than you think 🤢
@naegwut 2 жыл бұрын
She's so smart
@kaylinklimple2167 2 жыл бұрын
Never saw them coming - brown scale on my desert rose succulent - never had them before on this indoor plant
@weedfreer 2 жыл бұрын
nice info...I think I've seen the waxy residue you talked about myself...at least o now know what it is 😅
@MM36577 2 күн бұрын
That was brilliant. 😊
@LikeTheProphet 10 ай бұрын
I just discovered my entire crop of pepper plants have a major infestation of scale. It’s so much that I don’t think I can save them at this point and I’m so sad, after all the work I put into growing them and seeds. Now I know better for next spring
@dyvel 2 жыл бұрын
I mixed My own pesticide solution and got rid of armor scales from my agave plants in a couple of months. Water, Linseed oil soap and alcohol from my stove.
@tysonwalters4464 2 жыл бұрын
Please please 🙏 talk about the mealybugs! They been destroying my house plants slowly over the last 6 months I've tried absolutely Everything I can think of! And they always return..... daily checking and cleaning my plants trying to stop this incessant pest!
@madhumitanag3357 4 ай бұрын
Mealies are so bad, i hate them. They have destroyed most of my plants
@CL-rh8ti 2 жыл бұрын
I had it on an otherwise healthy indoor lemon tree and battled it for over a year! Finally I gave up, but I’m glad to have this video to reference should it strike again.
@randimayes560 5 ай бұрын
I need her to report rhe news to me every day! She has such a news report vibe!!!😊
@toniomalley5661 4 ай бұрын
I found sticky on my orange tree and scales all over the leaves hadn’t a clue so I washed the whole tree in water and vinegar with a cloth twice seems to have worked but will for sure be keeping an eye on it now
@sparkyboom3434 11 ай бұрын
How long does it take for the hard scales ones to be adults? Thanks for the video it's great info, just found these buggers on some on my plants
@russellkasprzyk4934 2 жыл бұрын
Umm can confirm 100%, sooty mold comes with the armored scales. They are all over my firebush.
@JustDeLuca 7 ай бұрын
My sweetpea is covered in the black soot and hard black scales.
@chrisfisher3900 2 жыл бұрын
Kevin would you recommend a subpod mini or original for a birdies 8-1 tall bed? It will be used as a good size herb garden
@meikusje 2 жыл бұрын
I just noticed a bunch of these on one of my indoor plants a few days ago. Luckily, the weather is now warm enough that I could put the plant outside, and when I just checked, a bunch of spiders had set up camp on the plant. I still removed all the scales I could see, but I'm hoping the spiders will clean up the rest. So far, I've been able to get rid of all pests by simply cleaning leaves of affected plants once or twice a day, and doing so persistently until no critters could be seen for a few days in a row. So fingers crossed this will work for this scales-affected plant as well. Not that I have anything against other methods, this is just easier.
@kerrychuang 8 ай бұрын
How did it go? Did it work? Someone told me I should throw away my whole plant and the soil lol 😅
@meikusje 8 ай бұрын
@@kerrychuang it worked quite well! It took me a short while to get rid of the remaining scales manually, but the plant is still alive and doing fine, and it hasn't spread to any other plants, as far as I can see.
@cathleencaratan3373 Жыл бұрын
Holy cow! I never heard of this!
@pandorasgarden3369 2 жыл бұрын
Have a off topic question. I purchased two Pineapple pear trees, they were growing in a cloth sock inside a container. One is thriving the other one I had to cut back down to knee high. The reason I cut back down is it was rotting towards the top. Both trees are planted in same pots, same soil, same area. Please help thank you
@lessons89 5 ай бұрын
All I wanna do is vomit. But major respect for this extremely thorough content and Chris’s knowledge. I wish I wasn’t so freaked out by things like this.
@MariePotsPlants 2 жыл бұрын
We moved into a house with a huuuge pecan tree that shades the driveway and holy cow.. in the summer those droppings we thought were sap are yea actually this bugs droppings and it covers our car and driveway from one end to another. It’s so sticky like honey and after it rains it’s worse. If you walk to your car the rocks stick to the bottoms of your shoes 😭
@kennedytown9651 Жыл бұрын
Thanks very much to your excellent video that Chris and Kevin talked about scale insect problem on plants. As I have a winter creeper that has this problem for some time, I wonder if we could seek your views below: 1) based on the photos below, is my plant’s infestation status very serious that it needs to be destroyed? Or we can still try to rescue it? 2) I have used Neem oil to spray the whole plant for a while but it seems the scale problem is still intact. I am changing to use an insecticide call End All from Safer’s. Is it good enough? Thanks again 😅
@kennedytown9651 Жыл бұрын
Oh! Sorry I tried to insert a photo here but cannot. Is it possible that I can email the photos of my plants for your review and comments? Thanks very much indeed
@FloraM44 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Would've helped me a few years ago when I discovered our indoor lemon trees were infested, but I did my research and sprayed with diluted dish soap which destroys the oily nature of the soft scales and suffocates them. Kept them in the shade and a couple days later, sprayed with water to remove residual soap (which I read can negatively affect leaves' ability to photosyntheze). They thrived outside all summer with only a casual re-spraying a few months later. I didn't have to treat them all winter (I could have but I'm lazy lol) and will do it right before taking them outside again this Spring. I'm sure insecticides could work too, but a simple solution of dish soap and water was convenient and seemed to work pretty well for me! I will say though, our trees were REALLY bad.. so each tree took several hours to ensure everything was covered with soap and the ex-scales wiped off. So trust me when I say, if you see scale, try to take control ASAP!
@MizzQueenBreNaturally 2 жыл бұрын
i heard bout dish soap too, sweet
@kerrychuang 8 ай бұрын
OK awesome that makes me feel better! Someone told me I should just throw away my whole plant and the soil😂
@FloraM44 8 ай бұрын
@@kerrychuang haha I mean that will get rid of them too but it's not ideal LOL you may battle them as long as you have the plant but for me personally it's still worth a couple treatments a year to keep the plants!
@X360DevNerd 2 жыл бұрын
not sure if it was my bottle but the neem oil i used smelled so funky it ruined stuff i was growing years ago, i may have to try it again.
@Greenplantguide 2 жыл бұрын
😍😍Thanks a lot. How amazing video . 💚💚💚💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@lukaslambs5780 2 жыл бұрын
I never see aphids or scale on any of my plants edible or otherwise, but I do get pest damage like holes in leaves, strange. Am I missing something or is it possible I don’t have them? I live in suburban New York.
@pnkrathrt 2 жыл бұрын
I have a MASSIVE Rolli polli outbreak in my raised beds. Any advice?
@lyndasavage3035 Ай бұрын
I have a lemon tree my sister grew from a seed so I cherish it. I have been fighting scale armored scale for months. I have handpicked repeatedly then showered and wiped down with insecticidal soap, blasted the leaves with the hose but they keep coming back. I thought about a systemic insecticide but I think I'll try the neem oil first. I'll post whether this works or not.
@7-ten 2 жыл бұрын
Will you do a video about grasshoppers?
@DCA55 2 жыл бұрын
I had an 7' indoor palm and tried for 6 months to defeat scale first using alcohol washes then with neem oil but after several soakings, I still failed to defeat the damn things and had to watch the palm slowly die.
@cerverg 7 ай бұрын
I have an issue with hard scales (those that look like tiny slugs) I tried pretty much everything and the best combination is a mix of neem oil (10 ml) + standard insecticide for pot plants (just a few drops) mixed in 1 litter water then I spray the plants 3-4 times that solves the problem for 2-3 weeks. During the winter time, the problem solves itself (cold really helps)
@TrangVu-sz4vd 2 жыл бұрын
Since you use a lot of worm casting and tea products, have you tried/considered setting up your own worm farm?
@kanika9995 Жыл бұрын
Soil drenches for Australian Flat worm,Army worms and most chewing insects please.
@jaaaaannnnee 2 жыл бұрын
I have a jade tree that has had soft scale and aphids for 3 years now. I've been following all of these steps; pruning, using neem, giving it more sun, and Captain Jack's! I just can't get rid of them and the tree is getting sadder and sadder :(
@DancerSakura 2 жыл бұрын
I already lost a poinsettia two weeks ago because of the soft scale and today I have spotted another two in my orchid 😢
@joshpiercey8477 5 ай бұрын
I never knew what these were for the longest time. I have the hard shelled.kind so i was thinking it looked like something fungal. Now i have them everywhere on like 60% of my indoor plants. My birds of paradise, my palms, etc and i have over 150+ plants so i feel hopless. Some have hundreds on just one plant.
@SandraPerez-tz3fw 2 жыл бұрын
Scales are so creepy! 😬 Glad I haven't had to deal with those. Can't wait for the video that will target white flies and thrips though!! Seriously are those pests like best friends or something cause they are living their best lives at the expense of my little garden. 😔😭😒
@robertmoore661 2 жыл бұрын
I have what I think is armoured scale on my cypress tree? I also had some small white jumping bugs that look like mealy bug ? Help
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