Well, it is a good idea to pull plants down and really inspect them anyway. This is a re-pot year (this weekend as a matter of fact).
I threw out 3 that I was positive that the treatment would be a pain and probably not successful. In my inspection, I found 4 more outbreaks of the soft scale that I thought I had eradicated. I cut off the new growth on 2 of those and dipped them hoping to save them. The rest of the big plant on those went in the trash.
So, the total trash count when all said and done was 10. I threw out 3 that were just not thriving and I was tired of dealing with them.
Last night, I dipped 1/3 of the collection and this morning another 1/3. The last 1/3 are the mounted and the upper shelf Dendrobiums. I will probably get to those this evening.
I need a nap.
