Scales are such a pain for us Cactus growers and they really are awful at leaving scars and damage on our plants, thanks so much Ana for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
All shiny and cleaned up, yay👌 I do like the rubbing alchool and I cannot do without it. I also use a little brush and I never dillute it either for succulents or orchids and they do fine 🥰❤️
Thats wonderful you like to use the rubbing alcohol too Fernanda :-D it works so well for plant pests :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Portugal for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Thanks so much Michele :-D these scale insects are an awful pest especially on Opuntia's, thankfully the rubbing alcohol works really well at getting rid of them on contact, we won't let these Beasties harm our plants haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Wednesday today XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video JD Tan, so sorry to hear that you have lost Opuntias in the past, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Sylvia :-D Scale insect is such a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Ras El :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
OMG Lynn! I'm having trouble sleeping tonight and luckily I stumbled down a rabbit hole! LOL! I found a channel called simply, epiphytic cacti, and I can't stop watching. I recommend the first video I watched called , my rhipsalis closet!
Thanks so much for letting me know about this channel, I have just subscribed to them now, I hope you managed to get to sleep, I suffer from Insomnia quite a bit too, its awful when you can't sleep, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
I had this similiar case before in my ferocactus i guess, And i used a dish soap to remove them. With a cotton bud and just rub it gently and it will come off. Now my cactus is healty.
Thats wonderful that your Feroactus is doing well now after Scale, dish soap works very well at removing scale insect too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Luckily I’ve not had to deal with scale, yet anyway! The good old isopropyl alcohol cleaned that Opuntia up nicely though 😊 Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a wonderful evening and new week from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
Scale is such a horrible Beastie, and the good old isopropyl alcohol gets rid of them so well, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Dear nice Lady Lyn!!! Thank you so much the very informative Video, but the Alkohol is only for Puncher, when they are sick? Can I clean other Plants with Alkohol or even when they are sick??!!!!!! You will getting a lot of seeds, that's fine...... Yoursincely from Renate Vienna 👌👌🌱🌵💜
@@renatehormann9158 So happy you enjoyed the video Dear Renate, the rubbing alcohol works really well for many uses, its fantastic at getting rid of bugs on contact especially with mealies and scales, but you can also use the alcohol to clean plants from mold and dust by using a small brush dipped in the alcohol to clean in and around the spines, thanks so much Dear Renate for your wonderful friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Vienna for a fantastic afternoon XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Kath :-D we will not let these Beasties harm our beloved plants haha :-D thanks so much my fantastic Cactus Powered Sister for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Philip lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Wales for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Very helpful Lynn. I have some cacti with stubborn scales. I will try alcohol on them just how you did. Thanks for sharing my friend. Have a great day and take care. 💚🦋🦋🦋🦋💚
So happy you enjoyed the video Evie :-D Scale is such a pest for us plant growers but the rubbing alcohol works a treat at getting rid of them on contact
Quite interesting to watch...of course you always make everything look so easy!😍😍Missed you so much and your lovely cactus!🦋🦋 Hope that you and Hans are doing well! Take care and have a wonderful day!🌵🌸🌸
So happy you enjoyed the video Amanda :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Great video Lyn!!! These guys are one of my worst enemies!!! Scale , both cactus hard scale , like you are showing & and citrus scale are two I fight in a never ending battle!!! I have had a bad time with cactus scale this year!! I'm still fighting!! Yes I have used alcohol also with great results!! But have to keep a close eye on the plants cause one might have not been killed and they will be back!! So you are right in keeping up with them!!! Good luck with the opuntia!! From Morris park in the Ozarks, to across the Emerald isle. Have a great day!!! Peace,Love,Plants!!!!✌💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌲💐🌳🌺🌿🌻🍀🌹😀👍
Ikr, scale on my citrus is indeed an on going battle, especially indoors. In summer outdoors i put ladybugs an green grasshoppers on them. Those little green grasshoppers eat anything , i gues also the baby scale because no scale develops then.
@@gazepskotzs4 very interesting!! The little ants here farm them like cattle. Moving them around to cover all parts of the plant!! I have the citrus scale under control. But not the hard cactus scale. These guys are really tough to get rid of!!! Still working on it!!! From Morris park in the Ozarks, have a great day!!! Peace,Love,Plants!!!✌💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌲💐🌳🌺🌿🌻🍀🌹😀👍
So happy you loved the video Clyde :-D argh yes Scale is such a pest and I know you have had a battle with these scaly Beasties too, the alcohol works great at getting rid of them on contact but does not keep them away for long, these scale pests are a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park in the Ozarks for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks so much Jillian for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
So happy you loved the tips Peter :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a wonderful afternoon and evening ahead XXXX
Hello Lyn, another valuable video. Whatever can happen to a cactus or succulent I know you have a remedy on video, thank you! I appreciate that you go into detail because I was wondering about the natural age spots and you explained before I could ask. Sending you and Hans peace and love for a wonderful week ahead from your friend in Georgia!
So happy you enjoyed the video Jeff :-D Scale insect is such a pest for plants, but the rubbing alcohol works so well at getting rid of them on contact, thanks so much Jeff for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Georgia for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I used to treat my cactus with alcohol I find by using alcohol discolors some of the epidermis on some of my cactuses I fine just using a garden hose with a hard jet remove scale very easily and other insects I do this several times just to make sure I didn't miss anything I do this for a couple of weeks It's very effective
Thats fantastic that you used a hard jet to remove Scale from your plants, and it would be a much faster way of getting rid of them too, thanks so much for sharing this Robert :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
So happy the video has helped, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
haha I know these Beasties are such a pain for us plant lovers, its a never ending battle of the Beasts haha :-D thanks so much Magda for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Sea for a fantastic Wednesday XXXXX
Even easier is using Bonide's sulfur pest/fungicide powder mixed with water in a pesticide sprayer, I let is completely dry over night and literally they wipe clean off with a dry paper towel!! It's insane how good that stuff is, it literally has killed every single pest I've encountered! Even thrips!! I noticed it can take about 48hrs. For thrips but they're completely gone after one time use, I do a heavy mixture with the sulfur to ensure it kills everything, PLUS IT DOES NOT DAMAGE FARIMA!! I'm sure you already use this since you're a Queen with desert plants but rubbing alcohol ruined my farima, and neem was even worse, it made all my succulents a horrible green tone and more than destroyed her farima. Love you and your channel!
Thats fantastic that Bonide's sulfur/pest/fungicide powder works so well, and brilliant it works so well with Thrips as they are one of the hardest pests to get rid of I find, I will definitely have to get some as I often battle with Thrips on my leafy house plants and even the Neem doesn't get rid of all the Thrips, thanks so much for letting me know about Bonide's, and so happy you love my channel, thanks a million Sarah for your fantastic support and awesome comments, and sending you tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend ahead XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Rhea :-D Scale insect is such a pain for us plant growers, but luckily the rubbing alcohol works a treat at getting rid of them, thanks so much Rhea for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from down the road for a fantastic Thursday XXXX
Thanks so much Patrick :-D yes I think this must be from a cutting, its an Opuntia I got from IKEA earlier this year, and it already had a fruit on it :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to the Netherlands for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Question Hon Wouldn’t it be a step in the “ preventative direction “ after removing the scale then treating w Neem to put the cactus in new soil? I honestly don’t know hence me asking you 🤗💙💜
Good question, i want to know too. I know that different type of these exist and some live on roots and some not. Anyway, i am curious for Lyn her answer.
@@gazepskotzs4 - I worked for many years in the oldest Nursery here in Alaska and one of the vast number of things I learned was if there’s a pest ON your plant the probability of it also being in the soil is high and especially if you find yourself re-treating a plant because of course it keeps coming back. We never had scale on anything at Anne’s and after seeing Lynn dealing w it I’m soooooo glad we didn’t lol
@@His-Joule It makes sense. I did not think of it. Only plant that has scales is my citrus, the rest of my plants are pest free, luckily. But it is a struggle. So my next step is new soil. I spray them now with an alcohol water solution, which is affective , but it often comes back. I hope that this wil help. Greetings from the Netherlands and have an awsome week!
Hi Joule :-D yes it would definitely be best to change the soil to be on the safe side, because Scale insect can often hide in the soil and some types of Scale insects can also live on the roots too, there are quite a few different types of these Scale Beasties haha, I will be repotting this Opuntia and removing all of the old soil to double check there are no Scale left behind, thanks so much Joule for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Alaska for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thank you Lyn, very informative as usual. I seem to also get another type of scale that is red and more sunken into the cactus, do you also know how to get rid of those? I have been picking them out with sharp tools but seem to damage the cactus as I have to dig them out...
Hi William, I think that these spots could be rust spots, they often form on Opuntia's due to a change in their environment, it can be caused from high humidity or even when we bring plants from inside to outside,or by getting spiked by other cacti, luckily its harmless and more of an aesthetic problem, if they are sunken in the cactus and not raised then I am pretty sure that these are harmless rust looking spots that are more of an aesthetic problem, if they seem to be spreading more then you could treat the cactus with a systemic fungicidal spray just to be on the safe side, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you Lyn, will monitor and see how it goes, sometime I see then as forming on the surface but ingrained in the plant with a slight raised profile. Will see if this work! Thanks again:)
Thanks so much for this video!! Came just in time. I have 2 Easter cactuses that have scale. First time happening too.. Do I need to replace the soil as well? Does the neem oil kill any scale bugs or eggs in the soil? Thank you.
Thanks so much Sharon for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks Avalon!!! Hey so I was wondering....if your going to eat the fruit in the future.... would putting rubbing alcohol on it make it inedible?? 🤔🤔🤔 Thanks for any input 😉🎂🍕💯🐧
Hi David :-D the good news is rubbing alcohol won't harm the fruit, its still best to give the fruit a good wash first before eating it, I will be harvesting the seeds from the fruit for sowing but I will be taking a little bit of a taste of it too haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Rubbing alcohol is fantastic for so many things and it works so well at getting rid of any Beasties on cacti haha :-D thanks so much Patrick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to London for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Oh no so sorry your Cactus has Scale too, its such a pest, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
hahaha :-D Game of Thrones was filmed in Belfast and I also film here in Belfast haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks so much Zap for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Hi there, yes its best to isolate your cactus until the scale has been removed, the rubbing alcohol will work well at getting rid of the scales, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
thanks so much Heather for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
So happy you found the video interesting, Scale is such a pest and it can spread very fast, once a cactus gets scale it take take just a week or two for the scale to get as bad as this, it can be difficult to spot especially on Opuntia cacti that sometimes naturally have corky age spots on them, the scale spots can look so similar in appearance, thankfully the rubbing alcohol melts the scales and kills them off, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
Thanks so much Vania for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Mine aren’t melting away and one of the bumps are black. I only have 7 white bumps. I copied what you did and I think I might have a different bug. Do you know what my cactus might have? Thank you, you’re awesome
Hi there, I think the black bump and the white bumps are due to natural corkiness, Opuntia's are very prone to corking and they often produce these little round scaly bumps, the good news is that its harmless and more of an aesthetic problem, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Scale killed so many of my beautiful succulents. They especially love my Hawarthias, got all the way down into the roots. I wish I had thought of this, I was spraying the alcohol on the scale and it wasn't enough.
So sorry to hear about your Succulents being killed by these awful Scale insects, they are such a pest for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video :-D the intro music was one that was Royalty free music by Kevin Macload, I can't remember the name of the song, so sorry, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Yes, i immediately tried it out on my cactus, that i saw white spots on, and it worked very well! Thanks so much, cause i had before tried it without the alcohol, just with a dry q-tip, and then the cactus began to bleed... so i'm happy to find your video.. i removed the withe pest-dots with the alcohol quite easaly! and my cactus is completely in tact! Thank you! and also for the name of the music artist! Have ha wonderful day!
What would you do if you have scale on a cactus with long wrapped around spines? Like a mammillaria pringelei? I can't remember if I posted this question on one of your other videos. So I apologize if I already have. I'm just trying to figure out what to do. I hope that it isn't going to just be a total loss. This is one of my very first cactus that I got when I first got started with cacti and succulents. It's a favorite of mine. It's just that those spines are so long, I can't actually get to them. It's a beautiful cactus. Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you in advance Lyn!
Hi Bennie :-D the good news is that Scale on cacti that have tight or very long spines like the Mammillaria's and the Echinocereus Rainbow type of cacti is that react really well to Diatomaceous earth, I had a terrible case of both Scale and mealy bug on my Echinocereus rainbow cactus, and the bugs were impossible to reach with a brush as the spines were so tightly woven, I bought some Diatomaceous earth and used a powder puff to puff the powder in between the spines, and although the cactus was covered in white powder the diatomaceous earth killed all the scale and mealies, I left the powder on for about a week and then turned the cactus upside down and blasted it with a water spray pump jet to wash off all the powder and the pests had all gone, the diatomaceous earth is harmless to plants and animals and humans too, and safe for Bees, I can definitely recommend the diatomaceous earth, thanks so much Bennie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Friday XXXX
Hi there :-D if you want to get more fruits on your cactus you can try to self pollinate the flowers yourself by using a little brush to put the pollen from the flowers onto the stigma of the blooms, I have quite a few videos on how to pollinate different types of cactus flowers on my channel on my playlists, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Hi Duncan :-D this cactus was a new purchase but I never noticed any scale on it at first but the scale appeared quite quickly after about a month of getting it, thankfully it was easy to treat and this Opuntia is looking great now, Scale can spread pretty fast and the scales always seem to love to hide on the sides of the cactus facing away from us haha, but the rubbing alcohol melts them away, I like to treat with neem oil every month to prevent any of them from coming back again, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
What is a reasonable expectation for removal? Immediate, over time? I believe I am seeing some improvement. I've moved to a cotton ball. It's ugly on my plants. Thx
Hi Alex :-D Scale insect is such an annoying pest, and I find I have to keep removing them every 4-6 weeks, the rubbing alcohol works well and keeps them under control but these scales have a habit of sneaking back onto our plants, I would recommend going over with the alcohol every month to keep the scales at bay as much as possible, its immediate when the alcohol removes the scales on contact but I find that its definitely a pest that never seems to completely go away, HAPPY NEW YEAR and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant 2024 XXXX
Hi there, yes although I haven't used it for scale myself I do know that Sulfur is good to use to kill insect pests, and if you use it with a brush it will help to loosen up the scale and kill any of the remaining scales, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
Yuck 😝! I'm not afraid of insects. In fact I enjoy most of them. I have had pet scorpions and spiders praying mantis and giant hissing cockroaches. Looking at that Cactus made my skin crawl!
WOW thats amazing you have had pet Scorpions and Spiders and Praying mantis and giant Cockroaches haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Hi I use Isopropyl alcohol which is rubbing alcohol, its different from ethanol and metanol alcohols, but you can vodka to remove scale too, thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic plant powered Thursday XXXX
Thats fantastic that you love to use the alcohol for pests too Ashley :-D it works a treat at getting rid of these Scale Beasties on contact, thanks so much Ashley for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Scales are such a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
haha so happy you watched the vid again Simon :-D I hope you are keeping warm in Dublin, its bitterly cold here and minus temps every night, fingers crossed the plants get through this icy weather, the heater is struggling to keep the temp in the polytunnel at 5c its so cold, brrrrrrr haha roll on spring, thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comment Simon, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXXX
Thanks so much Simon, and thanks so much for watching and your wonderful support, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a wonderful Sunday XXXX
How To Remove Scale from Opuntia Cactus | Prickly Pear Cactus.
Oh, I hope you got them all out! Those scales don’t work as fast as mealies but they leave an unsightly scar on the plant. 👍🏼
I noticed that in her video- all the tiny scars left behind - blew my mind
Scales are such a pain for us Cactus growers and they really are awful at leaving scars and damage on our plants, thanks so much Ana for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
All shiny and cleaned up, yay👌 I do like the rubbing alchool and I cannot do without it. I also use a little brush and I never dillute it either for succulents or orchids and they do fine 🥰❤️
Thats wonderful you like to use the rubbing alcohol too Fernanda :-D it works so well for plant pests :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Portugal for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
What a terrible pest! That really did the trick! I hope your beautiful Opuntia bounces back! Thanks for the wonderful tutorial! 🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵💕😀
Thanks so much Michele :-D these scale insects are an awful pest especially on Opuntia's, thankfully the rubbing alcohol works really well at getting rid of them on contact, we won't let these Beasties harm our plants haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Wednesday today XXXX
Omg! Thank you so much for sharing this Lyn! I've lost many Opuntias before because it worsened until the plant died. 🥺🥰
So happy you enjoyed the video JD Tan, so sorry to hear that you have lost Opuntias in the past, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks for sharing this interesting video Lyn! Very useful to know! Have a wonderful afternoon Lyn and Hans! Sending you lots of love to you both!
So happy you enjoyed the video Sylvia :-D Scale insect is such a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Thanks so much for this vid.
Been looking up what these brown things are and of course you have a tutorial. Peace.
So happy you enjoyed the video Ras El :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
OMG Lynn! I'm having trouble sleeping tonight and luckily I stumbled down a rabbit hole! LOL! I found a channel called simply, epiphytic cacti, and I can't stop watching. I recommend the first video I watched called , my rhipsalis closet!
Thanks so much for letting me know about this channel, I have just subscribed to them now, I hope you managed to get to sleep, I suffer from Insomnia quite a bit too, its awful when you can't sleep, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
I had this similiar case before in my ferocactus i guess, And i used a dish soap to remove them. With a cotton bud and just rub it gently and it will come off. Now my cactus is healty.
Thats wonderful that your Feroactus is doing well now after Scale, dish soap works very well at removing scale insect too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Luckily I’ve not had to deal with scale, yet anyway! The good old isopropyl alcohol cleaned that Opuntia up nicely though 😊 Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a wonderful evening and new week from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
Scale is such a horrible Beastie, and the good old isopropyl alcohol gets rid of them so well, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Dear nice Lady Lyn!!!
Thank you so much the very informative Video, but the
Alkohol is only for
Puncher, when they are sick?
Can I clean other Plants with Alkohol or even when they are sick??!!!!!!
You will getting a lot of seeds, that's fine......
Yoursincely from Renate Vienna 👌👌🌱🌵💜
@@renatehormann9158 So happy you enjoyed the video Dear Renate, the rubbing alcohol works really well for many uses, its fantastic at getting rid of bugs on contact especially with mealies and scales, but you can also use the alcohol to clean plants from mold and dust by using a small brush dipped in the alcohol to clean in and around the spines, thanks so much Dear Renate for your wonderful friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Vienna for a fantastic afternoon XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon
Renate Hörmann
Thank you so much, dear nice Lady Lyn!!! 💜💜😘☮️
@@renatehormann9158 XXXX
Very helpful video. Thank you so much for showing us how to do it and all the tips. Have a lovely day both 💚🌵
So happy you enjoyed the video Kath :-D we will not let these Beasties harm our beloved plants haha :-D thanks so much my fantastic Cactus Powered Sister for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Philip lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Wales for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Very helpful Lynn. I have some cacti with stubborn scales. I will try alcohol on them just how you did. Thanks for sharing my friend. Have a great day and take care. 💚🦋🦋🦋🦋💚
So happy you enjoyed the video Evie :-D Scale is such a pest for us plant growers but the rubbing alcohol works a treat at getting rid of them on contact
Quite interesting to watch...of course you always make everything look so easy!😍😍Missed you so much and your lovely cactus!🦋🦋 Hope that you and Hans are doing well! Take care and have a wonderful day!🌵🌸🌸
So happy you enjoyed the video Amanda :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Great video Lyn!!! These guys are one of my worst enemies!!! Scale , both cactus hard scale , like you are showing & and citrus scale are two I fight in a never ending battle!!! I have had a bad time with cactus scale this year!! I'm still fighting!! Yes I have used alcohol also with great results!! But have to keep a close eye on the plants cause one might have not been killed and they will be back!! So you are right in keeping up with them!!! Good luck with the opuntia!! From Morris park in the Ozarks, to across the Emerald isle. Have a great day!!! Peace,Love,Plants!!!!✌💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌲💐🌳🌺🌿🌻🍀🌹😀👍
Ikr, scale on my citrus is indeed an on going battle, especially indoors. In summer outdoors i put ladybugs an green grasshoppers on them. Those little green grasshoppers eat anything , i gues also the baby scale because no scale develops then.
@@gazepskotzs4 very interesting!! The little ants here farm them like cattle. Moving them around to cover all parts of the plant!! I have the citrus scale under control. But not the hard cactus scale. These guys are really tough to get rid of!!! Still working on it!!! From Morris park in the Ozarks, have a great day!!! Peace,Love,Plants!!!✌💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌲💐🌳🌺🌿🌻🍀🌹😀👍
So happy you loved the video Clyde :-D argh yes Scale is such a pest and I know you have had a battle with these scaly Beasties too, the alcohol works great at getting rid of them on contact but does not keep them away for long, these scale pests are a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park in the Ozarks for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing cactus
Thanks so much Jillian for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Great tips Lyn 👍. Have a great week guys sending you lots of love from and plenty of plant power. 🌵🌵🌵⚘😘👍👊
So happy you loved the tips Peter :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a wonderful afternoon and evening ahead XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon ⚘😘
@@petercalthorpe7966 XXXX
Hello Lyn, another valuable video. Whatever can happen to a cactus or succulent I know you have a remedy on video, thank you! I appreciate that you go into detail because I was wondering about the natural age spots and you explained before I could ask. Sending you and Hans peace and love for a wonderful week ahead from your friend in Georgia!
So happy you enjoyed the video Jeff :-D Scale insect is such a pest for plants, but the rubbing alcohol works so well at getting rid of them on contact, thanks so much Jeff for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Georgia for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
I used to treat my cactus with alcohol I find by using alcohol discolors some of the epidermis on some of my cactuses I fine just using a garden hose with a hard jet remove scale very easily and other insects I do this several times just to make sure I didn't miss anything I do this for a couple of weeks It's very effective
Thats fantastic that you used a hard jet to remove Scale from your plants, and it would be a much faster way of getting rid of them too, thanks so much for sharing this Robert :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Absolute life saver thank you so much ❤️ so informative & patient
So happy the video has helped, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
Oh, how many pests must our plants endure?😒 Thank you for sharing
haha I know these Beasties are such a pain for us plant lovers, its a never ending battle of the Beasts haha :-D thanks so much Magda for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Sea for a fantastic Wednesday XXXXX
Even easier is using Bonide's sulfur pest/fungicide powder mixed with water in a pesticide sprayer, I let is completely dry over night and literally they wipe clean off with a dry paper towel!! It's insane how good that stuff is, it literally has killed every single pest I've encountered! Even thrips!! I noticed it can take about 48hrs. For thrips but they're completely gone after one time use, I do a heavy mixture with the sulfur to ensure it kills everything, PLUS IT DOES NOT DAMAGE FARIMA!! I'm sure you already use this since you're a Queen with desert plants but rubbing alcohol ruined my farima, and neem was even worse, it made all my succulents a horrible green tone and more than destroyed her farima. Love you and your channel!
Thats fantastic that Bonide's sulfur/pest/fungicide powder works so well, and brilliant it works so well with Thrips as they are one of the hardest pests to get rid of I find, I will definitely have to get some as I often battle with Thrips on my leafy house plants and even the Neem doesn't get rid of all the Thrips, thanks so much for letting me know about Bonide's, and so happy you love my channel, thanks a million Sarah for your fantastic support and awesome comments, and sending you tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend ahead XXXX
Thanks for all the tips in removing scales,Sis Lyn🙂Another informative video❤️
So happy you enjoyed the video Rhea :-D Scale insect is such a pain for us plant growers, but luckily the rubbing alcohol works a treat at getting rid of them, thanks so much Rhea for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from down the road for a fantastic Thursday XXXX
Hi Lyn, this must be a cutting from a much older plant right?, I never got my Opuntia's to flower, let alone bare fruits!
Have a nice day !
Thanks so much Patrick :-D yes I think this must be from a cutting, its an Opuntia I got from IKEA earlier this year, and it already had a fruit on it :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to the Netherlands for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Oh I am first. Hihihi. Thanks for thus video. I have a fairy cactus that got scale regularly.
Hi Michele :-D well done on being first haha
Question Hon
Wouldn’t it be a step in the “ preventative direction “ after removing the scale then treating w Neem to put the cactus in new soil? I honestly don’t know hence me asking you 🤗💙💜
Good question, i want to know too. I know that different type of these exist and some live on roots and some not.
Anyway, i am curious for Lyn her answer.
@@gazepskotzs4 - I worked for many years in the oldest Nursery here in Alaska and one of the vast number of things I learned was if there’s a pest ON your plant the probability of it also being in the soil is high and especially if you find yourself re-treating a plant because of course it keeps coming back. We never had scale on anything at Anne’s and after seeing Lynn dealing w it I’m soooooo glad we didn’t lol
@@His-Joule It makes sense. I did not think of it. Only plant that has scales is my citrus, the rest of my plants are pest free, luckily. But it is a struggle.
So my next step is new soil. I spray them now with an alcohol water solution, which is affective , but it often comes back. I hope that this wil help.
Greetings from the Netherlands and have an awsome week!
@@gazepskotzs4 - greeting from the Last Frontier- Alaska !! ❄️❄️☃️☃️
Hi Joule :-D yes it would definitely be best to change the soil to be on the safe side, because Scale insect can often hide in the soil and some types of Scale insects can also live on the roots too, there are quite a few different types of these Scale Beasties haha, I will be repotting this Opuntia and removing all of the old soil to double check there are no Scale left behind, thanks so much Joule for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Alaska for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
That's amazing job lyn and hans xxxxxx
Hi John, our wonderful plant powered Neighbour haha
Wow!
Thank You Ma'am!!
thanks so much Sheldon for your wonderful comment and support and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Well done Lyn!
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thank you Lyn, very informative as usual. I seem to also get another type of scale that is red and more sunken into the cactus, do you also know how to get rid of those? I have been picking them out with sharp tools but seem to damage the cactus as I have to dig them out...
Hi William, I think that these spots could be rust spots, they often form on Opuntia's due to a change in their environment, it can be caused from high humidity or even when we bring plants from inside to outside,or by getting spiked by other cacti, luckily its harmless and more of an aesthetic problem, if they are sunken in the cactus and not raised then I am pretty sure that these are harmless rust looking spots that are more of an aesthetic problem, if they seem to be spreading more then you could treat the cactus with a systemic fungicidal spray just to be on the safe side, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you Lyn, will monitor and see how it goes, sometime I see then as forming on the surface but ingrained in the plant with a slight raised profile. Will see if this work! Thanks again:)
@@149Billy XXXXX
Thanks so much for this video!! Came just in time. I have 2 Easter cactuses that have scale. First time happening too.. Do I need to replace the soil as well? Does the neem oil kill any scale bugs or eggs in the soil? Thank you.
Hi Daniela
Very good info. Many thanks
Thanks so much Sharon for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks Avalon!!!
Hey so I was wondering....if your going to eat the fruit in the future.... would putting rubbing alcohol on it make it inedible?? 🤔🤔🤔
Thanks for any input 😉🎂🍕💯🐧
Hi David :-D the good news is rubbing alcohol won't harm the fruit, its still best to give the fruit a good wash first before eating it, I will be harvesting the seeds from the fruit for sowing but I will be taking a little bit of a taste of it too haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Rubbing alcohol has many uses. I didn't know that it can be used on cacti.
Rubbing alcohol is fantastic for so many things and it works so well at getting rid of any Beasties on cacti haha :-D thanks so much Patrick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to London for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks for the video.
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
My cactus is covered in it. Lovely 🙃
Oh no so sorry your Cactus has Scale too, its such a pest, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
I told my friend I was watching desert plants of Avalon. They asked is that a game of thrones spin-off, 😀
hahaha :-D Game of Thrones was filmed in Belfast and I also film here in Belfast haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks for sharing ❤️
Thanks so much Zap for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
So helpful! I just saw it on my cactus. Do I need to isolate it and will it infest my other plants?
Hi there, yes its best to isolate your cactus until the scale has been removed, the rubbing alcohol will work well at getting rid of the scales, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Magic!
thanks so much Heather for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Really interesting, i hv never seen them being treated before. How long would it take to get that bad?
So happy you found the video interesting, Scale is such a pest and it can spread very fast, once a cactus gets scale it take take just a week or two for the scale to get as bad as this, it can be difficult to spot especially on Opuntia cacti that sometimes naturally have corky age spots on them, the scale spots can look so similar in appearance, thankfully the rubbing alcohol melts the scales and kills them off, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
Thankyou
Thanks so much Vania for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Great video. Thank you.
So happy you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic weekend XXXX
Mine aren’t melting away and one of the bumps are black. I only have 7 white bumps. I copied what you did and I think I might have a different bug. Do you know what my cactus might have? Thank you, you’re awesome
Hi there, I think the black bump and the white bumps are due to natural corkiness, Opuntia's are very prone to corking and they often produce these little round scaly bumps, the good news is that its harmless and more of an aesthetic problem, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Scale killed so many of my beautiful succulents. They especially love my Hawarthias, got all the way down into the roots. I wish I had thought of this, I was spraying the alcohol on the scale and it wasn't enough.
So sorry to hear about your Succulents being killed by these awful Scale insects, they are such a pest for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thank you for this very useful info! And.... wow! what is the intro music called?? I hope to hear from you 🙏
So happy you enjoyed the video :-D the intro music was one that was Royalty free music by Kevin Macload, I can't remember the name of the song, so sorry, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Yes, i immediately tried it out on my cactus, that i saw white spots on, and it worked very well! Thanks so much, cause i had before tried it without the alcohol, just with a dry q-tip, and then the cactus began to bleed... so i'm happy to find your video.. i removed the withe pest-dots with the alcohol quite easaly! and my cactus is completely in tact! Thank you! and also for the name of the music artist! Have ha wonderful day!
@@inokruysen649 Thats fantastic you have removed the white spots from your cactus, the alcohol works so well at getting rid of the pests XXXXX
What would you do if you have scale on a cactus with long wrapped around spines? Like a mammillaria pringelei? I can't remember if I posted this question on one of your other videos. So I apologize if I already have. I'm just trying to figure out what to do. I hope that it isn't going to just be a total loss. This is one of my very first cactus that I got when I first got started with cacti and succulents. It's a favorite of mine. It's just that those spines are so long, I can't actually get to them. It's a beautiful cactus. Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you in advance Lyn!
Hi Bennie :-D the good news is that Scale on cacti that have tight or very long spines like the Mammillaria's and the Echinocereus Rainbow type of cacti is that react really well to Diatomaceous earth, I had a terrible case of both Scale and mealy bug on my Echinocereus rainbow cactus, and the bugs were impossible to reach with a brush as the spines were so tightly woven, I bought some Diatomaceous earth and used a powder puff to puff the powder in between the spines, and although the cactus was covered in white powder the diatomaceous earth killed all the scale and mealies, I left the powder on for about a week and then turned the cactus upside down and blasted it with a water spray pump jet to wash off all the powder and the pests had all gone, the diatomaceous earth is harmless to plants and animals and humans too, and safe for Bees, I can definitely recommend the diatomaceous earth, thanks so much Bennie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Friday XXXX
Dear how can i increase the number of fruits in cactus? I usually get very less number of fruits
Hi there :-D if you want to get more fruits on your cactus you can try to self pollinate the flowers yourself by using a little brush to put the pollen from the flowers onto the stigma of the blooms, I have quite a few videos on how to pollinate different types of cactus flowers on my channel on my playlists, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thank you so much dear for your detailed response.
@@naoremanand XXXX
Hello, just wondering how long that Cactus was infested with scale, days, weeks , months? Thanks
Hi Duncan :-D this cactus was a new purchase but I never noticed any scale on it at first but the scale appeared quite quickly after about a month of getting it, thankfully it was easy to treat and this Opuntia is looking great now, Scale can spread pretty fast and the scales always seem to love to hide on the sides of the cactus facing away from us haha, but the rubbing alcohol melts them away, I like to treat with neem oil every month to prevent any of them from coming back again, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX
What is a reasonable expectation for removal? Immediate, over time? I believe I am seeing some improvement. I've moved to a cotton ball. It's ugly on my plants. Thx
Hi Alex :-D Scale insect is such an annoying pest, and I find I have to keep removing them every 4-6 weeks, the rubbing alcohol works well and keeps them under control but these scales have a habit of sneaking back onto our plants, I would recommend going over with the alcohol every month to keep the scales at bay as much as possible, its immediate when the alcohol removes the scales on contact but I find that its definitely a pest that never seems to completely go away, HAPPY NEW YEAR and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant 2024 XXXX
Can I use a sulfur paste and brush it on the cactus pads?
Hi there, yes although I haven't used it for scale myself I do know that Sulfur is good to use to kill insect pests, and if you use it with a brush it will help to loosen up the scale and kill any of the remaining scales, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
Yuck 😝! I'm not afraid of insects. In fact I enjoy most of them. I have had pet scorpions and spiders praying mantis and giant hissing cockroaches. Looking at that Cactus made my skin crawl!
WOW thats amazing you have had pet Scorpions and Spiders and Praying mantis and giant Cockroaches haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Which type of alcohol - etanol or metanol?
Hi I use Isopropyl alcohol which is rubbing alcohol, its different from ethanol and metanol alcohols, but you can vodka to remove scale too, thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic plant powered Thursday XXXX
Wat are the benefits
I swear by alcohol for treating plant pests, ever since I learned about it from you.
2 large wisky and i do not see them scales AT ALL!
Sorry for my stupid joke, i could not help myself, lol!
@@gazepskotzs4 hahaha Patrick :-D these pests on our plants is enough to drive us to drink haha :-D XXXX
Thats fantastic that you love to use the alcohol for pests too Ashley :-D it works a treat at getting rid of these Scale Beasties on contact, thanks so much Ashley for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
My opuntia are always getting scales 😖
Scales are such a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Found this link again Ha Ha
haha so happy you watched the vid again Simon :-D I hope you are keeping warm in Dublin, its bitterly cold here and minus temps every night, fingers crossed the plants get through this icy weather, the heater is struggling to keep the temp in the polytunnel at 5c its so cold, brrrrrrr haha roll on spring, thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comment Simon, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Yes its bloody cold , Hans might need a few more blankets thrown over him sleeping out there. Keep warm and safe.
@@simonworthington5162 haha so true :-D keep warm and safe too Simon, sending tons of love and warmth from Belfast to Dublin XXXX
Robbing another link Babe. You might see it and answer the non believer , Keep safe.
Thanks so much Simon, and thanks so much for watching and your wonderful support, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a wonderful Sunday XXXX
Unfortuantely this advice was a disaster for my 🌵