By Woodland
United Kingdom 
my acer has been lovely up until last summer when the branches developed a white scale on them the tree is still o k this year but still more scale on branches. any ideas?
4 May, 2011
Answers
you can also get a spray to kill them of but be carefull if its near a pond .
5 May, 2011
Previous question
Sounds like one of the scale insects. Nasty critters. All you can do is scrub them off with some Horticultural soft soap. Avoid damaging the bark when you do.
4 May, 2011