In article >,
Jeßus > wrote:

> > The only "pesticide" I would ever use on edible leafy greens would be
> > BT. I used to get home from work at dawn and just hand pick the little
> > *******s off of my plants.
>
> Yep, hand picking is the way to go and I too wouldn't use anything else
> other than BT, although for other problems you can make some safe
> soap-based sprays.

That's for mealy bug, scale and white flies.

The best thing I ever used to get rid of scale on cactus was lacewing
larvae. ;-) Bought the eggs from a local nursery and it worked like a
charm.
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