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Hello Judith,
You should pay attention to the spraying, it might be the cause of your problem.
Contact insecticides aren't very effective against black scale, but their very effective with the black scale predators, like the lady bug. So, at the end, you might be helping out the scale by eliminating its predators.
These type of uncontrollable infestations generally appear only where the predators populations are very reduce due to constant spraying.
As for the sooty mold, I confess that i do not know if it will transmit any flavors to the olive oil. But my educated guess is that it probably will be some substance that is liposoluble and will end up in the oil, giving it some strange flavor.
Also pay attention not to spray to close to the harvest, because you're using an oil based insecticide that will most definitely end up in the olive oil.
Good luck fighting the black scale,
Cheers,
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