Posted by Jody Haynes
on 11/23/2008, 3:04 am, in reply to "Re: Asian scale"
67.35.71.30
Mark, I am the leader of the Invasive Pests Subgroup of the IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group. Could I have your permission to post your letter (minus your phone number) and followup confirmation of the identity of the pest on my CAS Information Page? Please contact me privately at jody@cycadconservation.org. Thanks much.
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: 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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