What is this growth?
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Eckhoffw
Masterpiece
Damn that’s freaky looking! Does it move?
It doesn't. It's kind of sticky.
PiñonJ
Omono
It’s a scale insect.
A guy from my local club suggested insect as well. I'm going to spray some neem oil on the trees.
PiñonJ
Omono
You can also remove it physically, and ladybugs prey on them.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Third the scale insect
What does an Ulmus parviflora 'seigen' look like? Never heard of this variety
rorror
Yamadori
Perhaps also spidermites?
I horribly mispelled... It's "Seiju." https://www.gardenia.net/plant/ulmus-parvifolia-seiju
Not mine
Mine.
All I know is what I was told from the club member who sold me the cutting. It's a dwarf variety of Chinese Elm that is somewhat hard to find. Very small leaves. I plan to make cuttings out of most of the branches higher than five inches or so.
I haven't added it to my "Cornfed Edition" bench on the Nut here yet. I have several more to make threads on when I have time.
Sidenote: He also sold me a Kashima Maple cutting, that's the middle tree in the photo above.
Neem oil as well? The label said to do it in the morning or evening, so I was going to spray all my trees this evening. Some other ones have small bites in the leaves and such.
atlarsenal
Omono
No need to spray neem oil. Just remove it by hand or tweezers.
Eckhoffw
Masterpiece
Do y’all find the dish soap water concoction to be effective?
leatherback
The Treedeemer
It is what I use as first line of defence (Well, second, garlic poweder in the soil is nr 1).
If they break through I might use poison.
I mix a spoon of soap with a shot of alcohol in a litre (1/4 gallon) mister and soak the affected areas.
