bananimal

Before applying mega bug juice, I took a scalpel to the Maurelii. Excavating outer layers at a time - cutting vertical slits until the head of a 2 inch long caterpillar type thingie emerged, crawling its' way out of the central core. Yanked it out with tweezers and now have found the culprit!!! Green with striped flanks -- tossed him onto the deck and stomped him good.

Florida has more critters than one can believe. It made a bore hole thru the wall of an internal leaf stalk and was chomping on the newly sprouting leaf. It also left a trail of what I can only describe as bug poop in it's wake. I mean a lot!

The SR had only s-mites, and after a spray of Oganocide should be OK - we'll see.

Folks --- I am starting to believe that when you recieve a plant thru the mail the best thing to do is stick it in the ground immediately. And that means not inside the pool enclosure in a pot. Outside the lizzards and other benificial critters of the wild outdoors can can control any unforseen problems right away.

Any thoughts or experiences on this???

Dan