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Garden Plants and Their Problems |
| ENEMY |
DAMAGE |
CONTROL |
| Fern |
| Scales-Fern, |
White, reddish, or brown |
Keep ferns washed off; |
| soft brown, |
scales on fronds, often with |
spray with nicotine-soap |
| Florida red, |
sooty mold. |
or Volck. |
| hemispherical |
| Mealybugs |
White, cottony ovals on |
Keep ferns washed off; |
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fronds. |
spray with nicotine-soap |
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or Volck. |
| Red spiders |
Plants yellowing, dusty. |
Keep syringed; spray with |
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Aramite. |
| Florida fern |
Green or black, white- |
Dust with rotenone or |
| caterpillar |
striped larvae feed at night |
DDT. |
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in South. |
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| Fir |
| Bagworms |
Small bags hanging from |
Cut off; spray with lead |
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twigs. |
arsenate in June. |
| Balsam twig |
Small white cottony aphid |
Spray with nicotine-soap. |
| aphid |
on needles. |
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| Spruce mite |
Foliage grayish, webby. |
Spray with Aramite. |
| Forget-Me-Not |
| Flea beetles |
Small jumping black beetles |
Use Tri-ogen when you |
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riddle leaves with holes. |
spray roses, or dust with |
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DDT. |
| Crown rot |
See Ajuga. |
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| Forsythia |
| Four-lined plant |
Small tan circles on new |
Spray or dust with DDT. |
| bug |
leaves which may wilt. |
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| Foxglove |
| Thrips |
Foliage turns rusty, has |
Try lindane, or DDT. |
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black specks of excrement. |
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| Red spiders |
Leaves grayish or yellow. |
Aramite or other miticide. |
| Fuchsia |
| Whiteflies |
Leaves yellow, wilting, of- |
Dust with DDT. |
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ten with sooty mold. |
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| Mealybugs |
Oval, white, cottony bugs |
Spray with Volck and nico- |
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at leaf axils. |
tine or Malathon. |
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