was out the back the other day and noticed one of the more established plants had what looked like a fungus all over it - closer inspection I saw it was mealy bug and every single stem on the 35 year old japonica was covered in it
- from base of plant to tops of leaves and it had began to spread onto other plant near it - so it had to come out - spent the next hour cutting it right back to base and doing so covered myself in mealy bugs - this I didnt know till I went indoors and then began to dance like michael jackson and wave my arms about in the livingroom trying to get it all off my head and body
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so I know have a rather large area in the garden which hasnt seen daylight for quite a few years and I dont know what to do with it..
so thanks to the mealy bug for giving me a job I didnt want to do, for making me dance like a tit and for leaving with me a huge area and not knowing what to do with it...