Hi everyone,
My Chinese Elm has got very small green bugs on the underside of the leaves and the tree itself seems to be trying to rectify the situation by excreting an oily substance.
Any idea what these bugs are and what I can do about them please?
Bugs on my Chinese Elm
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Re: Bugs on my Chinese Elm
Yep, I reckon your right Webos.
Who would have thought that those little suckers would go for an Elm? (not me obviously!) Bloody bugs, who needs them...
Who would have thought that those little suckers would go for an Elm? (not me obviously!) Bloody bugs, who needs them...
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Re: Bugs on my Chinese Elm
Bebbas wrote:Yep, I reckon your right Webos.
Who would have thought that those little suckers would go for an Elm? (not me obviously!) Bloody bugs, who needs them...
No one needs them but obviously we all get them. Bloody things that is why I do a preventative spray, with bug off its is formulated with chili and garlic so it is organic.
It keeps most at bay, some times I have to get serious with more potent sprays, I have also found that the new( they were ) Confidor tablets work well, the bonus is the are again organic some might be put off by the cost.
Mrs Pup always asks me what the tree is worth, when I baulk at the cost of insecticides or herbicides
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Re: Bugs on my Chinese Elm
Confidor tablets are not organic 
the active ingredient is Imidacloprid
Here's an MSDS: http://msds.duluxgroup.com.au/pdf/SHESS ... 022702.pdf
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the active ingredient is ImidaclopridHere's an MSDS: http://msds.duluxgroup.com.au/pdf/SHESS ... 022702.pdf
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Re: Bugs on my Chinese Elm
One time I listen to the sales jargon and I am wrongMojo Moyogi wrote:Confidor tablets are not organic
Here's an MSDS: http://msds.duluxgroup.com.au/pdf/SHESS ... 022702.pdf
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sorry but they do work.Cheers
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Re: Bugs on my Chinese Elm
It all depends on your definition of organic. In chemistry terms "organic" just means something that has carbon atoms in the molecule, and imidacloprid does meet that definition. But if that's what the salesman meant he was being tricky, because most people think of "organic" meaning natural or derived from a living organism as compared to made in a lab.Pup wrote:One time I listen to the sales jargon and I am wrongMojo Moyogi wrote:Confidor tablets are not organic
Here's an MSDS: http://msds.duluxgroup.com.au/pdf/SHESS ... 022702.pdf
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