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small brown spots

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well my bamboo has something, not sure what it is, and can not find any matching pictures.
the brown spots are on my olhamai and my seebreeze, i have other varieties as well in close proximity that it is not aftecting, any help thank in advance. i am in west coast fl.
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Greetings & welcome! I believe that you have a scale insect infestation.
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thanks, now that i know what it is hopefully i can put a end to it.. any suggestions? it has turned one of my bamboo clumps
pretty brown...
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Well, I'd just check out the internet and see what you can find, that way you could verify the cause and review treatments, I've had it on my potted tropical bamboo and blasted them off with the garden hose but they do tend to hide in tough to spray spots like where branches emerge, and under the sheathes.
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Insecticidal soap combined with dormant oil seems to work well, but be careful of spraying new foliage, and when temps are high.
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If the I.soap and oil do not work (it should) you can use a systemic like Beyer Tree and Shrub (Merit).
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