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… It’s not just for breakfast anymore. 😉

But a few of my newly planted citrus trees have it. According to the UC Pest Note on cottony cushion scale, a few natural enemies provide “excellent control.” Cool, I don’t have to spray! Not wanting to do nothing, however, I remembered an old house plant trick for scale where you swab the scale off with Q-tips dipped in rubbing alcohol. What does the alcohol do? I haven’t the foggiest. Since I didn’t see any predators, I went ahead and swabbed all the scale insects I could find.