Posted by mark
on 11/8/2008, 3:27 am, in reply to "Re: Asian scale"
207.200.116.199
: You always have to be careful
: now a days. As in this forum, people
: all over the world tell me things
: like this and I usually keep up with
: most of the things that are
: happening with cycads. They either
: have a dispute with a vendor, or buy
: an already rotted plant that the
: vendor won't take care of, or
: whatever, I hear it all. There are
: several people out there that I know
: are sending mail order cycads with
: CAS on them. I have had 3 people
: call or write about one person close
: to me here in central Florida that
: they got small cycas from him and
: got CAS on their collection. One
: person lived way up north where you
: would never expect to get CAS. There
: is a nursery owner that ships all
: over the world that has CAS spread
: throughout a large nursery and I
: have heard of these plants infesting
: places as far as Europe.
: Some people just don't
: understand the problem, or what it
: takes to get rid of them and some
: people just don't care what they
: sell to people, and you never know
: who you are dealing with and what
: line they are willing to cross to
: sell a plant.
: If you can get all the coffee
: grounds you want, you don't even
: need to worry. You can mulch the
: plants and keep them clean and ready
: systemically if for some reason some
: CAS got in your area from someone
: close. Keep in mind that local
: nursery was selling these plants to
: people around you, and that is all
: it takes. If you have someone within
: a mile of you that has CAS and you
: have a few wind storms that blow
: 35mph or more, be wathcing, it can
: right around the corner. (doesn't
: that make you feel so good)
:
Just received official confirmation from the state ag. dept. "Aulacaspis yasumatsui!"
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