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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: tim on August 18, 2008, 09:22:53

Title: BAY problem
Post by: tim on August 18, 2008, 09:22:53
Anyone??

Healthy young 7' tree - within 2 weeks, all growing tips are doing this.
Title: Re: BAY problem
Post by: betula on August 18, 2008, 10:06:42
It may be a pest called Bay sucker.

You could try washing down with a weak solution of washing up liquid.

There is a solution called thiacloprid that should help,not sure id this is still legal,will have to look it up,this should help. :)
Title: Re: BAY problem
Post by: tim on August 18, 2008, 11:15:41
Hole in one!!
Title: Re: BAY problem
Post by: Kea on August 20, 2008, 18:06:48
I spend ages squashing them.....only to have my neighbour overwater it while I was on holiday now the Bay sucker is not the problem!