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Hello people goodmorning. I have a question maybe someone could answer. My princeps is a great little palm so different from my other trachys. My princeps not only has very blueish leaves but also has white fur all over the trunk the stems of each leave and the under sides of the leaves even have some. My waggy has this same material but its a redish brown, The princeps has crytal white. Is this typical ?
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Posted : 20/05/2011 6:06 am
Marcio-
Hard to tell from the pictures. It's either tomentum (a natural white fluff) or mealy bugs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mealybug
I'm leaning toward mealy bugs. just get some ethanol, soak a paper towel and lightly rub the bugs off the leaves. You might mav to do this several times (every 2-3 days say), and would be advised to rinse the leaves with water afterwards (say 5 minutes after rubbing the leaves).
Posted : 20/05/2011 11:03 am
Hard to tell from those pics Mike,sorry.
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Posted : 20/05/2011 11:39 am
looks like mealy bugs.
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Posted : 20/05/2011 2:45 pm
Looking at it again and the pattern,it does look like just
an above avg amount of tomentum-we don't see a lot of larger Princeps
so it is a little hard to gauge in these cases where a bigger plant is found.
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Posted : 20/05/2011 5:45 pm
Mike roll the white substance between your fingers. If it is slimey and turns brown you have meally bugs. Spray with a garden hose. That should get rid of most of them. Then you can use rubbing alcohol to treat the inside of the crown where they hide and can`t get with the hose.
John
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Posted : 20/05/2011 7:29 pm
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Well its not any infestation its lots of tomentum. Thnx for info.
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Posted : 20/05/2011 10:57 pm
Mike,
Glad it's not mealybugs!
Mine's got a lot of that this year too, never saw that before planting it out.
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Reminds me I've gotta shave my legs.... 😆
Barb
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Posted : 20/05/2011 11:18 pm
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Thanks barb. I very happy with my T princeps so different but yet simular to my other trachys. Your trachy looks so happy. It looks soon your palm should be ready to show its sex. At this point I would guess girl but anythings possible.
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Posted : 21/05/2011 7:39 am
soon your palm should be ready to show its sex.
At this point I would guess girl but anythings possible.
Seems like there's a shortage of males.
Just like in real life (if I recall)... 🙄
Barb
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Posted : 21/05/2011 11:00 am
Seems like there's a shortage of males.
Just like in real life (if I recall)... 🙄Barb
No just good ones-not that I care....
better for me actually!
If only you women could make up your mind-JKKinda 😆
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Posted : 21/05/2011 11:36 am
Yeah, we decided we love palms better... 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
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Posted : 21/05/2011 12:08 pm
