23/10/2026
π π π Would you just look at the amount of flowers on this Myer Lemon tree.
π Last year it was not in a good way with scale and ants all over it and very little fruit. Scale secrete a sticky substance called honeydew that attracts ants and causes black sooty mold. Basically sucks all the moisture and life out of the tree. Leaves turn yellow and eventually the tree dies.
π Just a little trick I have learnt since then - Vaseline on the trunk just above ground level for about 6cm. Seems that ants donβt like it.