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Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: Maggi Young on June 15, 2017, 04:48:52 PM

Title: Another new pest problem?
Post by: Maggi Young on June 15, 2017, 04:48:52 PM

It seems another pest is amongst us.... Golden Root Mealy Bug..... note  from the RBGE

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 and this from the RHS : https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=830 (https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=830)

Title: Re: Another new pest problem?
Post by: fermi de Sousa on June 19, 2017, 10:14:10 AM

Hi Maggi,
when I lived near the Dandenongs in Melbourne I think we referred to them as "yellow root aphids" though of course they look more like mealy bugs.
They can devastate an entire primula collection I've been told!
cheers
fermi