Thanks everyone for your advice, I will try with the spray first with some detergent....
Thanks and regards Alka Khare On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 6:23:03 PM UTC+5:30, Ushadi wrote: > > I use dishwashing detergent liquid 1/4 teaspoon to a liter of water and > spray it and then wash off with full speed garden hose. > > it also washes away the "dew" dropped by the bugs. > > I have in the past added neem oil,did not do comparison research with > soap or soap and neem oil, so dont know if it did any wonders. > > or if plant is in the in the house/balcony bring it under the cold shower > put it in a large plastic tub to take up the mud so it does not get > splashed all over the BR floor. > > works > > and sometimes I just trim away the plant branches that are highly infested > and throw in garbage, let the critters be happy in the garbage dump. > > usha di > > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Ranjini Kamath <ranj...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thank you Pankaj ji for this useful information. >> Regards >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> My staffs say they do it manually. It's the best way. They also use >>> Biokill. >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> Good good. Yes we also remove it manually as we don't use and inorganic >>>> chemicals in our garden. I don't know but even neem extract or may be >>>> eucalyptus oil should work!! >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, Ranjini Kamath <ranjin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ... Sorry, forgot to mention - spray with plain water. >>>>> Ranjini Kamath >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Ranjini Kamath <ranjin...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I had mealy bugs growing profusely on the underside of my potted >>>>>> Ficus Triangularis leaves. All I do is to spray [ strong spray ] the >>>>>> plant >>>>>> everyday - specially under the leaves.My bldng gardener's very down-to >>>>>> -earth advice - It works beautifully :) >>>>>> You could try it!! >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Ranjini Kamath >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Alka Khare <alka...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Any home-made or organic remedy? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> They have currently attacked some of my plants too, particularly the >>>>>>> asters, I had to trim it down substantially today. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks and regards >>>>>>> Alka Khare >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send an email to >>>>>>> indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/JF-NH4d9MRQ/unsubscribe >>>>> . >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ****************************************************** >>>> **************************************************************** >>>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>>> >>>> *Office*: >>>> >>>> Conservation Officer >>>> >>>> Orchid Conservation Section >>>> >>>> Flora Conservation Department >>>> >>>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>>> >>>> *Residence*: >>>> House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen >>>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>>> *email*: pku...@kfbg.org; sahanipan...@gmail.com >>>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> ****************************************************** >>> **************************************************************** >>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>> >>> *Office*: >>> >>> Conservation Officer >>> >>> Orchid Conservation Section >>> >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> *Residence*: >>> House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen >>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> *email*: pku...@kfbg.org <javascript:>; sahani...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:> >>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to indian...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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