Question
Hello Jeff, you've given me advice about pest strips for mites.  Would they also work on scale if I enclosed the plant for a few days?  I don't have any big issue with scale but just something more in my kill box!

Thanks

Answer
Hi Jason,

Pest strips will kill most arthropods including scale.  We considered using them in the greenhouses, but since we have to be in there so much, we didn't want to be breathing the stuff all the time.  Long-term exposure can be bad.  Arachnids just tend to be particularly sensitive to them.  Dichlorvos isn't used much in agriculture, so resistance isn't much of an issue.

Good Growing!

Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.growcarnivorousplants.com